What would you do if many appreciated you? Better yet‚ what would a virtuous gentleman do? According to Kongzi‚ the gentleman wouldn’t ask that question or concern himself with what he would do. As shown in this passage of the Analects‚ the affection of the people and the decisions one makes when they have that adoration comes with knowing the Way. In this excerpt from the Confucian text‚ Kongzi asks his four followers‚ Zilu‚ Zengxi‚ Ran Qui‚ and Zihua if someone were to appreciate them what they
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has not always been given to all. American values and beliefs have changed overtime causing today’s beliefs to be different. By comparing and contrasting the perspectives of Frederick Douglass‚ who in his speech “What to the Slave if the Fourth of July?” presents his viewpoint on the need to end the act of slavery‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who in her speech from Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention argues the need for equality between men and women‚ it is evident
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founded on freedom; it is a celebrated right. Yet not everyone had the freedom that was so treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different pieces
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In the speech “ What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” given by Frederick Douglass‚ he announces his goals for the future men and women of the United States. Douglass is a well known‚ powerful public speaker who was born into slavery then later escaped at the age of twenty one. On the day of his speech‚ he addresses an audience at the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society during a time where people of the United States visioned the total abolition of slavery as a profound cause. He speaks against
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In the summer of 2012‚ my mother and I decided to go up north to Medford‚ Wisconsin. This weekend it was a special day! The Fourth of July! All I was worried about was fireworks. I love fire my parents always called me a pyro as a little kid. Son we packed up all our stuff for the weekend and headed out for the long car ride ahead of us. The first thing I saw when we pulled up was a huge landscape filled with trees and small‚ leafy brush everywhere! In the middle of it was a gigantic pond‚ I guess
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flailing like a blind person seeking someone to help its diplomatic efforts. It has made a caricature of itself by even begging Iran to pressurise Pakistan - a move that will blow the fuse of US and its lackeys. Lets review the situation before n during 26/11 India’s intelligence service failed to act on intercepted phone conversations that an attack on Mumbai was imminent and the subsequent
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In my observations and thoughts of reading the “The Fourth of July” by Audre Lorde‚ I found the reading to be quite empowering. The author walked me through a memory of her childhood that impacted her life quite greatly. As a result‚ I felt that the author was experiencing acts of racism when encountering Non African Americans. I found it quite interesting that the author used all her rage in order to create something positive and meaningful. I can connect to the author because I had a similar experience
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Sirinivasa Ramanujan‚ (born December 22‚ 1887‚ Erode‚ India—died April 26‚ 1920‚ Kumbakonam)‚ Indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function. When he was 15 years old‚ he obtained a copy of George Shoobridge Carr’s Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics‚ 2 vol. (1880–86). This collection of some 6‚000 theorems (none of the material was newer than 1860) aroused his genius. Having
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ABSTRACT Flood is one of the disastrous phenomena that caused a lot of deaths to some other uninformed area in the province. The researchers from Negros Occidental High School proposed a study with the objective to construct and develop a flood detection device‚ present a practical device‚ and introduce the device to a certain residents in the province that needs to be aware of flood. After the device was constructed‚ the researchers tested the device in a cup of water. During the testing of device
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Fireworks on the Fourth of July is a tradition since 1777‚ where every year 247‚550‚000 pounds of fireworks are bought giving the fireworks industry a yearly revenue that reaches up to a billion dollars‚ a statistic that should not be risen further (statisticbrain.com). People light the fuse‚ and watch them fly up into the air‚ ready to see the magic happen; With all these fireworks thrown up into the night sky only to explode in a brief flash of light‚ there isn’t much danger‚ since so many people
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