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- 7471: Nikola Tesla
- ... Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. However, a major portion of his notes were impounded by the US Government, and very few of those have surfaced today. And because he kept so few notes, to this day we can only guess at the details of many of the fantastic scientific projects that he occupied. Many questions have raised concerning his confiscated notes, although, the government regards some as never existed and declared ...
- 7472: Charles Babbage
- ... the age of 71, to have the completed section of his Difference Engine shown to the public for the first time. Babbage's many disappointments led him to say that he never lived a happy day in his life. Babbage died in 1871, two months shy of his 80th birthday.
- 7473: Symbolism In The Scarlett Lett
- ... her breast is a symbol of sin it shows that she has committed adultery against her husband Roger Chillingworth. This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die . (Pg. 43) From that day on Hester is isolated from the rest of the town and looked as and treated as a sinner. The letter A was a symbol for everyone to see that she has committed a sin. When ...
- 7474: Albert Einstein and His Theories
- ... his former pacifist stand in the face of the awesome threat to humankind posed by the Nazi regime in Germany. In 1939 Einstein collaborated with several other physicists in writing a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pointing out the possibility of making an atomic bomb and the likelihood that the German government was embarking on such a course. The letter, which bore only Einstein's signature, helped lend urgency to ...
- 7475: Machiavelli
- ... the sake of themselves and supposedly the society at large. I believe that such rulers today are not tolerated (and should not be tolerated) There is no room for this type of thinking in modern day life. Respect is another factor that was very important to Machiavelli and his way of thinking. The Prince, as Machiavelli stated, must do anything to keep his respect with the people, but at the same ...
- 7476: Confucius
- ... at the same time. Because of their similar problems. Another teaching of Confucius is to put aside military conquests and focus on the good of the country. The US definitely needs to do this. Every day on television we see poor, famined children persuading us to support their struggle. Them commercials should be outlawed. The commercials should be on the poor famined kids in the United States. We have our own ...
- 7477: The Concrete Dangers Of Abstra
- ... meeting with the Weird Sisters announces that no mortal whatsoever can confront him. However, the spectator comes to know the difficult circumstances of Macduff s birth, who was from his mother s womb/Untimely ripp d . Again, Macbeth falls prey to an incomplete message, which he literally translates as his invincibility. Thus, rather than the illusions themselves, it is the attitude taken by Macbeth toward the words of the witches, as ...
- 7478: The Philosopher, Aristotle
- ... of talents ranging from mastery of rhetoric to interest in physiology. Aristotle lived during the fourth century B.C. in ancient Greece. The culture of the Greeks during this time differs greatly from our present day life and times. Aristotle came into contact with many great men of history, from Plato his instructor and mentor to Alexander the Great, conquerer and ruler of the east. The works of Aristotle have left ...
- 7479: Lord of the Flies - A Symbolic Interpretation
- ... final fire. The fire on the mountain symbolized hope. As long as they kept the fire on the mountain going they had a chance to rescued. "There was a ship. Out there. You said youd keep the fire going and you let it out! They might have seen us." (p.76). The final fire represents destruction. The only purpose of this fire was to help kill Ralph. "They had smoked ...
- 7480: The Root Of All Evil,macbeth
- ... that evil begets evil. Shakespeare focuses on Macbeth's courage early in the play. For example, Duncan and the sergeant both compliment Macbeth's mental and physical bravery in Act I, Scene II. Macbeth "carv'd out his passage" until he and the enemy general were face to face. In the same act, the reader is told that Macbeth is brave because of his "disdaining Fortune." In addition to his quality ...
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