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- 3421: De Tocqueville
- ... social standing. The mobility of the democratic class system was designed to allow equal opportunity for people to decide their own position on the social ladder . De Tocqueville continues to go on and say, the interest of man is confined to those in close propinquity to himself. . This is true, though it is true in any political system. A man is more likely to know his neighbors. This does not seem ...
- 3422: Darwin
- ... W.F. Ainsworth, and the kind hearted Dr. Coldstream, who contributed "good zoological articles' with whom he 'examined marine animals on the shore of the Firth of Forth', and who was responsible for Darwin's interest in a Bryozoan like Flustra." [Charles Darwin and His World, Pg. 13] At about this time both Charles and his older brother had given up on the dream that their father had for them to ...
- 3423: Dylan Thomas
- ... in London. Line sixteen of Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, And you, my father, there on that sad height, gives us the mysteriously mournful phrase, sad height . This phrase is of particular interest. What does Thomas mean, sad height ? Is he acknowledging that death is a sad time worthy of lament? No. The sad height is the metaphorical perch we find ourselves resting upon in the moments leading ...
- 3424: Darwin Vs. Wallace
- ... s underlying opinion, it would had been beneficial for Gould to have done more in this area. Jay Gould's essay "Natural selection and the human brain" is one that strikes the readers mind with interest and curiosity. Written in a style and format that is "reader friendly" while sufficiently and consistently arguing a clear and precise point are the attributes that make Gould's essay such a delight to read ...
- 3425: Cooper, James F.
- ... principles, but also a caustic critic of American Practice. The central idea of "Precaution" (1820) was parents taking more time to ensure the proper marriage of their daughters. Here, I believe he reveals an early interest in social themes and moral principles. The lack of the principle is what ultimately leads Jane to get her feelings hurt when the man she loves runs off with a new, young heiress. Though the ...
- 3426: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... from the author. After the book was published, critics evaluated it poorly, and declared the novel full of pessimistic mood and unpleasant for reading. The Colonel's Dream gave Chesnutt a final hint that the interest of public didn't coincide with his own, and in order to sell, he had to turn to other forms of literature. In 1906, Chesnutt wrote a play in four acts, "Mrs. Darcy's Daughter ...
- 3427: Charles Dickens 4
- ... all his writings. He criticizes many things in each book he has written. Dickens traveled a lot and had seen many little things and some great things, which, because they interested him, he thought may interest others (Internet Site #3). His books all contain themes that show Dickens s dislike of the way his society is. He wrote primarily for the lower-middle class. He was not particularly fond of the ...
- 3428: Carl Gauss
- ... network of triangles. Gauss often doubted his work in the profession, but over the course of ten years, from 1820 to 1830, published over seventy papers. From the early 1800's Gauss had had an interest in the question of the possible existence of a non-Euclidean geometry. In a book review of 1816 Gauss discussed proofs which suggested and supported his belief in non-Euclidean geometry (which was later proved ...
- 3429: Cark Gauss
- ... network of triangles. Gauss often doubted his work in the profession, but over the course of ten years, from 1820 to 1830, published over seventy papers. From the early 1800's Gauss had had an interest in the question of the possible existence of a non-Euclidean geometry. In a book review of 1816 Gauss discussed proofs which suggested and supported his belief in non-Euclidean geometry (which was later proved ...
- 3430: Cultural Anthro - Karl Marx
- ... in recreational activities such as travel abroad, camping, going to rock concerts, and owning a VCR. Judith Blau agrees with Karl Marx point of view that economic conditions created by industrial wage labor and high rates of immigration combined with growing wealth of private capitalists, created glaring contrasts between the lives of the rich and of the poor. Estimates of wealth distribution around 1870 suggest that the top one-tenth of ...
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