Edward Lee Thorndike was a son of a Methodist minister in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. He became an American pioneer in comparative psychology and was a typical late 19th century American scientist. He grew up in an age when scientific psychology was establishing its place in academic institutions and attracting college graduates‚ Thorndike being one of them. He became interested in the field of psychology after reading William Jame’s "Principles of Psychology" and after graduating from Weslyan University
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Miguel De Cervantes The son of a deaf surgeon‚ Miguel de Cervantes was born near Madrid in 1547. He became a soldier in 1570 and was badly wounded in the Battle of Lepanto. Captured by the Turks in 1575‚ de Cervantes spent five years in prison. He was freed in 1580 and returned home. De Cervantes finally achieved literary success in his later years‚ publishing the first part of Don Quixote in 1605. He died in 1616. For nearly his entire life‚ Miguel de Cervantes struggled financially. His father
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rank die of starvation and disease. One would think that this is not fair‚ but in the seventeenth century a voice was needed to raise support to help solve this serious social and political problem. Jonathan Swift was born into a poor family on November 30‚ 1667. He attended Trinity College to get
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Dear Senators Kerry and Edwards‚ In a recent email‚ your campaign asked‚ “What values matter most to you?” I’d like to let you know what matters most to me is keeping my family close‚ acquiring financial independence and a successful retirement‚ and equality for GLBT people – which includes full marriage rights‚ not just civil unions. But you probably have people reading through these letters for you‚ and they have probably been given a list of criteria to weed through the thousands of
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The Puritan literature of our first unit rebels against the greater context of world events occurring during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Puritan literature portrays that knowledge was gained through studying the Bible‚ and that the only purpose of gaining further knowledge would be to preserve the integrity of ones own soul‚ or to help others in saving theirs. The Puritans’ interests in gaining or preserving knowledge were solely religious‚ and they also believed that any knowledge
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Literature has always revealed a great deal about the attitudes and beliefs of different cultures. Puritan authors in the late 17th and early 18th centuries wrote poems‚ persuasive speeches‚ stories‚ and first hand accounts that reveal their thoughts‚ feelings‚ and beliefs. Described especially was the Puritan’s deep regard for religion and their fear and love of God. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation was written in 1630 as a description of Bradford’s experiences in the New World. The main
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Satire of Jonathan Swift Revealed During the eighteenth century there was an incredible upheaval of commercialization in London‚ England. As a result‚ English society underwent significant‚ "changes in attitude and thought"‚ in an attempt to obtain the dignity and splendor of royalty and the upper class (McKendrick‚2). As a result‚ English society held themselves in very high regards‚ feeling that they were the elite society of mankind. In his novel‚ Gulliver ’s Travels‚ Jonathan Swift satirizes
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Edward Hoagland in his essay “On Stuttering‚” describes the difficulties he faced in his life because of a stuttering problem. He shared the different ways he was able to cope with this issue and some of the scariest moments he faced because of his stuttering. As I read this essay I could relate to Hoagland on a personal level because of the stuttering problem my youngest son has. Many of the examples Hoagland shared I have seen my son deal with. Hoagland describes the fact that he has lived
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Martin Luther King jr. and Jonathan Swift‚ both persuasive writers and speakers‚ write for a very similar purpose; they wish to ’free the oppressed.’ It is interesting that they induce their audience in practically opposite ways. King condemns the oppressors‚ spreading the message of hope to the oppressed while Swift uses more of the reverse psychology approach. In Kings ’I have a dream’ speech‚ because of his diverse audience‚ he sends out somewhat of a mixed tone. He firmly rebukes those who would
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