Prior to william howard taft becoming a chief justice of the supreme court, what governmental office did he hold?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

Which term is synonymous with natural rights according to enlightenment philosophers legal rights divine rights positive rights universal rights

The map shows the allied strategy in the pacific. what does the movement of allied troops reveal about their strategy? the allies’ objective was to reach japan as soon as possible. the allies kept getting diverted in their quest to reach japan. the allies overtook outlying islands to make access to japan easier. the allies retreated just before they reached the first set of islands.