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- 3471: Samuel Johnson: Greed In The World
- Samuel Johnson: Greed In The World Samuel Johnson once said, “Our desires increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.” This statement is true to the point that it should frighten some. The greed present in the world today is enough to make one sick. An example, more clearly depicted in the quote by Samuel Johnson, is the observation that if possessions continue to be gained, one will no longer be able to ...
- 3472: Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham (1809-65), 16th president of the United States (1861-65), who steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery. Early Life Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, the son of Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln, pioneer farmers. At the age of two he was taken by his ... a store. He gained the respect of his fellow townspeople, including the so-called Clary Grove boys, who had challenged him to physical combat, and was elected captain of his company in the Black Hawk War (1832). Returning from the war, he began an unsuccessful venture in shopkeeping that ended when his partner died. In 1833 he was appointed postmaster but had to supplement his income with surveying and various other jobs. At the same ...
- 3473: War of the Leather-Orb: A Beowulfian Parody
- War of the Leather-Orb: A Beowulfian Parody Yes, we have heard of the rivalrous war of the leather-orb amongst the Titans, bearers of blue and the Dragons, bearers of orange in the days past. All honor and glory to the first blue, son of Coachtheow whose wise ways brought ...
- 3474: Revolutionary War
- ... officers had subscribed to the traditional European method that relied on fear to achieve discipline. This method of fear was probably not essential, and had little if any effect in the early days of the war because the soldiers were mostly fighting for their own ideologies. To the soldiers, the commanders were of little importance. The soldiers were going to fight their own fight, and leave the battle when they felt ... result of making the soldier feel like a soldier and not like a volunteer. It established a sense of pride in the soldiers and in the job they did. By the later years of the war, native courage, virtue, and liberty were not enough to encourage soldiers. Steuben method created a professionalism in the Continental Army which, along with the ideologies of the men, was enough to keep the moral of ...
- 3475: How the 60's Changed Our Lives
- ... an end, and the economy was back where it should be. "Leave it to Beaver" may have been somewhat stereotypical, but it still remains a fairly accurate portrayal of the average life in the post-war decade. Plenty of jobs for the men, and plenty of housework for the women. Life was easy, so people did what they did best, they reproduced. Because of the medical and technological breakthroughs, the infant ... they're old (O'Neill 134). Sex, or rather the promiscuity of sex, was quickly associated with Hippies as well. Nude parties, where people painted each other, were easily found. "Free Love","Make Love, Not War", and "If it feels good, it must be good" (Zappa 98) were some of the mottoes of their generation, which changed many of society's rules governing our clothing, speech, and taboos about sex, into ... been for years. No one would rather worry about hoodlums carrying switchblades, when now they only had to step over an occasional giggling freak on the sidewalk(O'Neill 131). During this decade, the Vietnam war began, and many people joined groups dedicated to stopping the war. The Business Executives Movement, Chicago Area Draft REsistors, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Committee for Non Violent Action, Campaign to Stop Funding the ...
- 3476: Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus
- Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus ABSTRACT A brief summary of lassa fever, its history, pathology and effects on the indigenous populations. Also, lassa fever in the context of newly emerging diseases. LASSA FEVER On January 12, 1969, a missionary ... in the form of lymphocytic choriomeningitis, has recently been brought to the public's attention because of the large number of species known as "emerging viruses" in the genera. The genera consists mostly of new world viruses, among them the Junin, Machupo and Guanarito viruses, which cause, respectively, Argentine, Bolivian and Venezuelan hemorrhagic fevers along with a few other non - pathogenic viruses. These viruses, long hidden in the deepest recesses of ...
- 3477: The War On Tobacco
- The War on Tobacco Each day, millions of Americans of all ages light up a cigarette distributed by the tobacco companies. Smoking is a habit that, in the long run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with ... state governments money, but also the individual Americans that are enduring painful, inevitable deaths due to the tobacco companies. Works Cited Kelly Simonson February 18, 1999 UWRP 1250 First paper draft 1 Group C The War on Tobacco Each day, millions of Americans of all ages light up a cigarette distributed by the tobacco companies. Smoking is a habit that, in the long run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with ...
- 3478: The Color Purple
- ... generally work to maintain order, decorum, and stability. Within the novel the reality was that blacks had to work for whites on whatever terms were available. When using manners and customs to depict the real world of the novel, it is evident we are examining an external world based in a society where the white oppressor governs the oppressed black populace. The economic realities of white land ownership, near-monopoly of technical and business skills and control of financial institutions was in fact the accepted norm (Sowell 48). When presenting the term fact - we must account for the introduction of a second model, "historical and empirical data" in representing the real world of The Color Purple. As illustrated in the pages of American history books, it is evident that American Negro slavery had a peculiar combination of features. The key features of American slavery were that ...
- 3479: Fahrenheit 451: Similarities To Today's World
- Fahrenheit 451: Similarities To Today's World In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury describes how the world would be like in the twieny-fourth century. The things that he wrote about in the novel are similar to the things which extict today. The technology level in the novel is more advanced. The ...
- 3480: Fahrenheit 451 And Brave New W
- ... the dog, against man, changes the role of public servants and changes the value of a person. Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of society out of control in his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to look at the role of science and literature in the future world, scared that it may be rendered useless and discarded. Unlike Bradbury, Huxley includes in his book a group of people unaffected by the changes in society, a group that still has religious beliefs and ...
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