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- 1781: Britain In Africa
- ... had been living in Africa for almost 30 years, and begins writing stories about Livingstone's life and aspirations to end slavery and spread Christianity. When Stanley published his stories about Livingstone, it aroused a great deal of support among the British people, and it began Britain's movement to abolish the slave trade. In 1875 with the strong urging of the British Government, Zanzibar ended their Slave Trading Empire. There ... to this rule, but even South Africa came at a heavy cost . When gold was discovered in South Africa in 1886, the temptation of a far off place filled with diamonds and gold was too great a temptation for many British fortune seekers. Thousands of British people made the trip to South Africa to work in the gold and diamond fields, and began crossing into the Orange Free State and Transvaal. When the British Government tried to expand and include the two Afrikaner Colonies, the Boers were angry and in 1899 the Boer War began. The Boer War was the most expensive war fought by Great Britain between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. The war was longer and more difficult than the British had anticipated, Black Week brought the defeat of all major British forces in South Africa, ...
- 1782: The Search for a Better Tax System
- ... work, and investment (Adams117). In Smiths words "a tax that may obstruct the industry of the people, and discourage them from applying to certain branches of business which might give maintenance and employment to great multitudes" (Adams 117). In other words, It costs jobs by taxing too much. "You take away funds needed to create new business and employment" said Smith (Adams 117). Third, a tax is bad that encourages ... Adams (227). Governments will always have a greater appetite for spending than for budgeting (Adams 227). According to Adams, the solution will always be found in the "separation of powers" (228). The fall of many great nations and empires, such as the Greeks and Romans have been attributed to over taxation of its citizens (Adams 229) . Adams attributes Great Britains rise to superpower status in the eighteenth and nineteenth century to a "wise tax system" (Adams 227). This was actually brought about by a series of "uneasy compromises with the rebellious British ...
- 1783: From The Floutings Of The Cooperative Principle To Communica
- From the Floutings of the Cooperative Principle to Communicative Competence and to the Function of Context in Conversation by It is for a long time that linguists have set great store by the effectiveness of linguistic communication through the oral channel that is to say, our daily conversation. On account of the fact that these scholars regard linguistics, or to be more specific here ... can imply some overtone. EXAMPLE 10 A: How Tom can win the full scholarship is still a mystery to me. B: Well, If he does it, he does it. B's repetition actually means a great deal. He tells A that there is no mystery at all: Tom's studies are good, and if he gets the scholarship, it is possible. Therefore, such a simple repetitious statement is stronger than a ... in other more casual daily situations, the words will be degenerated into a facetious show-off.. II. From Social Perspective The community of human beings cannot subsist without the communications with one another. Hence the great importance of language. However, the concept of being able to use language should be distinguished from the concept of being able to exploit language: the former is a only a primary level, whereas the ...
- 1784: Personal Writing: Friendships
- ... when you know that you can always count on that person, and through that aspect a large respect can be formed. When I began to play sports is when I first felt these feelings of great respect and care for another person. There is something about sports, the winning together, the losing together, the good and the bad, that seems to bring people closer together. When you're playing a football ... and you know who you re friends are. You can know that no matter whether you win or lose, the team and youre friends will still be there. Knowing that makes me feel a great respect for them. I have personally grown a great deal through the experiences with every friendship I have had. And the unique part of that is that the ways in which I have grown are mine alone and could never be exactly experienced ...
- 1785: Yellow Wallpaper
- ... her psychological problems, and her quest to regain her sanity. In The Yellow Wallpaper, the narrator instructed to refrain from any intellectual activity and to engage in total bed rest in order to cure her depression. From the beginning of the story, the narrator doubts the proposed cure for her depression,, but she reluctantly follows the prescription for cure. As a result of her prescription, she spends most her time alone in a room with yellow wallpaper on the walls. The narrator thinks she sees an ... to tear the wallpaper off the wall, setting the woman and her sanity free. What was the purpose of Gillian writing The Yellow Wallpaper? Her purpose for writing this story was to change the way depression was treated. She felt that the treatment she received did not help her condition at all, but in fact worsened it. At this time depression was not even recognized as a real problem, and ...
- 1786: You Should Really Read This Poem
- ... it. An example of the difference in time is that they had celebrations, feasts, and entertainment by way of scops in meadhalls. The meadhall of the story is Heorot and they describe it saying, "The great hall rose / high and horn-gabled" (l. 55-56). The phrase horn-gabled' is referring to the group called the Scyldings which were always associated with the stag. They also probably decorated the hall with ... humanness" they have. He is so upset by their lives that he goes to Heorot to steal thanes and then he eats them. Lastly, the title character, Beowulf, is a dynamic character who is a great element of the story. He is a Geat and he comes from across the sea to save the thanes from Grendel. He has accomplished many great deeds and they say "that his hand-grip has thirty men's strength" (l. 287). Beowulf would be to their society as Superman is to ours. He is a very interesting element of the ...
- 1787: The Identity Theory
- ... the same (double aspectism) with brain states. They are the same because the biochemical actions produced in brain states (release of serotonin and acetylcholine) have direct interaction with the mental states (mood disorders such as depression). With the help of psychological and physiological evidence the identity theory can be better supported. It has not yet been proven but following along with the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of biochemical disorders of the ... brain producing thoughts and then behavior. The identity theorist resides on simplicity to describe mental/brain states "...from the neural dependence of all known mental phenomena..." (TL325). Once thought of as mental disorders, forms of depression are now recognized as brain disorders. Understanding the biochemical determinants and the function of the brain has helped to draw this conclusion. Biochemical changes in the brain cause a person to fall into a depressed ... in the brain that controls much of the mental state (learning and memory function) with impulses between neurons. This brain state simultaneously affects the mental state or behavior of a person who shows signs of depression. Such signs are inability to fall asleep at night, frequent panic attacks, loss of concentration, and thoughts of suicide or even attempted suicide. Depression has also been linked with the low chemical release of ...
- 1788: Odysseus,the Hero, Homer
- ... created all heroes had same characteristics. Heroes were the people who saved people, they were courageous wise and had fighting spirit. Odysseus, the main character in Homer*s epic poem was clever brave and a great strategist. Although he has these strengths, he has some negative qualities, but most of his heroic qualities still hold true today. Odysseus possesses heroic qualities, such as bravery, wisdom, a strategic thinking and honorable ... Odysseus, so we can say from his narration that he is eloquent. Book 9 shows Odysseus* positive and@negative qualities. When he escapes from Cyclops* cave he showed that he was brave and a great strategist. When he poked Cyclops* eye with pike of olive, he decided not to kill him because if he killed Cyclops, he would not be able to get out of the cave. This ... or a perfect man. His negative points aren*t favorable, but they make his positive points look stronger. If he were a god or a perfect man, his positive points wouldn*t be special or great. When his weak points get him into trouble, his strong points rescue him. For example, his impulsiveness with Cyclops almost destroyed him and his companions but his bravery and clever strategy were able to ...
- 1789: Ernist Hemingway
- ... leaves when he wakes up, Manolin, his helper, comes to his aid with food and drink. Also a point that might be good is that he has had bad luck with his goal for a great period of time and is sure it will work this time. Later, though, when Santiago needs him for the quest he sets out to do, Manolin deserts him, although he may not have wanted to ... another idea through which Christ did, a struggle to get a goal done even though it may mean certain destruction to himself. This might accomplish nothing but the satisfaction of doing this and also has great risks. Finally he comes upon a painful experience with his hand which is in great pain and won't move. This is useful in the place where Christ loses his physical self and has less to deal with. On the third day, he recovers himself and returns to his ...
- 1790: Judaism: One Religion or Many Small Religions?
- ... through all the various splinters of the religion and help hold them together. Even today, as the Jewish people have their precious Jerusalem back (through the help of other nations and their politics) there is great conflict and emotion surrounding it. Other nations and people in the area feel that they should be in control of the renowned city, and the Jews deny fervently any attempt to wrestle it from their ... statue god with certain limitations on his power. The other primary deity was called YHWH (or Yahweh) and enjoyed a much more mysterious and illusive reputation. He was very numinous, and one was to have great respect, but great fear for him at the same time. Baal was not ever really feared, as his cycles (metaphorically seen as the seasons) were fairly well known, and not at all fear-inducing. The fact ...
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