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    Θεία επέμβαση An analysis of divine intervention in The Odyssey reveals that survival and achievement of goals is impossible without help from the gods as they control everything that happens. Divine intervention is a very important aspect of the Odyssey seen right from the beginning to the end and all who have help from the gods survive while those who don’t die. This is clearly shown in the conversation

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    exploration‚ it is better to execute a robotic mission. It is not worth the cost and risk for humans to simply explore space‚ except when the goal is specifically colonization. First‚ a manned mission would be much more technically complicated than a robotic one outweighing any incremental benefit resulting from a human presence. Second‚ the financial cost of manned missions to overcome the complications is not worth the projected costs. Third‚ funding robotic missions are indirect investments in aiding the

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    Francisco Vivas Mrs. Kidwell 6th Religion 27 October 2014 Blessed Otto Neururer Blessed Otto Neurerer‚ my saint‚ was born in Austria on March 25th 1882‚ in a family of peasants and had a very difficult life. His father died when he was still young and he saw his mother having to care for the 12 children and the farm; this caused her to have sad times. He studied to be a priest and in 1907‚ by the age of 25‚ was ordained in Bressanone‚ he was a Religion teacher in many places in Innsbruck. He became

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    Was Immigrating to American cities better than staying in farms? During the mid 1800s‚ Reconstruction had already occurred and many people moved west in hopes of becoming rich with all the elements they had found. During this time of period‚ many new things were being discovered as well as the railroads were being constructed. After the Civil War‚ prices in cities on food‚ clothes‚ etc were being decreased because so much of that was being made and produced. Many immigrants were starting to think

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    Q: Was the American Revolution inevitable or could it have been avoided? A revolution is an overthrow of a tyrannical ruler or political system. Colonial America‚ once abused by mother Britain‚ became a strong‚ independent country after the inevitable American Revolution. The British had treated colonists unfairly through the policy of salutary neglect -which was their way of keeping them under control by avoiding strict law enforcement (a positive outcome of salutary neglect was that it established

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    Always Running In the novel “Always Running”‚ by Luis R. Rodriguez‚ the author is the main character. He explains his life story to show others how he overcame many challenges that brought him down. Over all‚ the author achieves his purpose to reach out to his audience on an emotional level. I think he does a great job in emotionally touching his audience. The novel begins with Rodriguez dedication his story to all adolescents that were once in his place. Rodriguez finds himself lost at one point

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    The Divine Comedy: Inferno Dante Alighieri Major Characters • Dante Alighieri o Thirty-five years old at the beginning of the journey ( half of man’s biblical life span “threescore and ten years” (Psalm 90:10) o Lost his way on “the true path” of life ( sin has obstructed his path to God o Explores the nature of sin by traveling through hell o Rooted in the Everyman allegorical tradition ( represents humanity o Little known about his life

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    The American Revolution was Inevitable‚ because the British are constant taxing the Americans and the reason for the settlement meant to lead Revolution. From the very beginning‚ when the first separatist stepped on the New Land‚ he was looking forward to have a new life and a new start on this new land. The whole purpose for the New England colony is to change the way they lived in the old England. Also for the South colony‚ maybe at the very beginning‚ they came for an economy reason‚ more

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    1.The moral theory of divine command theory is when a person morals depends upon God’s command. If God believes that something is right then a person would also believe it is right‚ if God believes that something is wrong then a person would also believe it is wrong. Whatever God says is valuable to that individual. An objection to this theory would be the argument of different religious views. If an individual was Muslim and another was Christian‚ the Muslim would argue that the command of God isn’t

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    of strange appearance have come across the great water…The men have long and sharp knives‚ and they have long black tubes which they point at birds and animals. The tubes make a smoke that rises into the air just like the smoke from our pipes. From them come fire and such terrific noise that I was frightened‚ even in my dream. This was a bad sign for the Natives. A new type or people were coming with better technology‚ horses and a threatening appearance. Resources would have to be shared‚ and eventually

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