NOTICE TO STUDENTS
Definition of PLAGIARIZE
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
: to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Source: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved March 6, 2013, from Merriam-Webster Online: Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarizing?show=0&t=1362530055
PLAGIARISM is Category C offense under Section 9.6.4.5 of the Student Handbook for School Year 2012-2013 (Section 9 - Standards for Student Behavior). In universities and colleges, plagiarism is a form of INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY which is a ground for expulsion.
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
: to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
Source: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved March 6, 2013, from Merriam-Webster Online: Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarizing?show=0&t=1362530055
PLAGIARISM is Category C offense under Section 9.6.4.5 of the Student Handbook for School Year 2012-2013 (Section 9 - Standards for Student Behavior). In universities and colleges, plagiarism is a form of INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY which is a ground for expulsion.
Letter of MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the United States of America
to his Imperial Majesty,THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
November 13, 1852
Source: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/japan/fillmore_perry_letters.pdf
Great and Good Friend!
I send you this public letter by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, an officer of the highest rank in the navy of the United States, and commander of the squadron now visiting Your imperial majesty's dominions.
I have directed Commodore Perry to assure your imperial majesty that I entertain the kindest feelings toward your majesty's person and government, and that I have no other object in sending him to Japan but to propose to your imperial majesty that the United States and Japan should live in friendship and have commercial intercourse with each other.
The Constitution and laws of the United States forbid all interference with the religious or political concerns of other nations. I have particularly charged Commodore Perry to abstain from every act which could possibly disturb the tranquillity of your imperial majesty's dominions.
The United States of America reach from ocean to ocean, and our Territory of Oregon and State of California lie directly opposite to the dominions of your imperial majesty. Our steamships can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.
Our great State of California produces about sixty millions of dollars in gold every year, besides silver, quicksilver, precious stones, and many other valuable articles. Japan is also a rich and fertile country, and produces many very valuable articles. Your imperial majesty's subjects are skilled in many of the arts. I am desirous that our two countries should trade with each other, for the benefit both of Japan and the United States.
We know that the ancient laws of your imperial majesty's government do not allow of foreign trade, except with the Chinese and the Dutch; but as the state of the world changes and new governments are formed, it seems to be wise, from time to time, to make new laws. There was a time when the ancient laws of your imperial majesty's government were first made.
I send you this public letter by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, an officer of the highest rank in the navy of the United States, and commander of the squadron now visiting Your imperial majesty's dominions.
I have directed Commodore Perry to assure your imperial majesty that I entertain the kindest feelings toward your majesty's person and government, and that I have no other object in sending him to Japan but to propose to your imperial majesty that the United States and Japan should live in friendship and have commercial intercourse with each other.
The Constitution and laws of the United States forbid all interference with the religious or political concerns of other nations. I have particularly charged Commodore Perry to abstain from every act which could possibly disturb the tranquillity of your imperial majesty's dominions.
The United States of America reach from ocean to ocean, and our Territory of Oregon and State of California lie directly opposite to the dominions of your imperial majesty. Our steamships can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.
Our great State of California produces about sixty millions of dollars in gold every year, besides silver, quicksilver, precious stones, and many other valuable articles. Japan is also a rich and fertile country, and produces many very valuable articles. Your imperial majesty's subjects are skilled in many of the arts. I am desirous that our two countries should trade with each other, for the benefit both of Japan and the United States.
We know that the ancient laws of your imperial majesty's government do not allow of foreign trade, except with the Chinese and the Dutch; but as the state of the world changes and new governments are formed, it seems to be wise, from time to time, to make new laws. There was a time when the ancient laws of your imperial majesty's government were first made.