Roger Williams’ A Key Into the Language of America During American colonial times‚ the native peoples of the new world clashed often with the English settlers who encroached upon their lifestyle. Many horror stories and clichés arose about the natives from the settlers. As one might read in Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative‚ often these disputes would turn to violence. To maintain the process of the extermination of the natives alongside Christian moral beliefs‚ one of the main tenets of colonial
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In the middle of the nineteenth century‚ the largely self-educated British physicist Michael Faraday was visited by his monarch‚ Queen Victoria. Among Faraday’s many celebrated discoveries‚ some of obvious and immediate practical benefit‚ were more arcane findings in electricity and magnetism‚ then little more than laboratory curiosities. In the traditional dialogue between heads of state and heads of laboratories‚ the Queen asked Faraday of what use such studies were‚ to which he is said to have
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memorial being dedicated to the entirety of American forces in World War II while another could be dedicated to a single soldier. In the case of the George Rogers Clark National Historic Park‚ it serves as a historic site wherein a number of those involved with the Illinois campaign are memorialized in present day Vincennes‚ Indiana. George Rogers Clark (elder brother to William Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition) was a military
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The poem “The Red Son‚” by Carl Sandburg‚ is about motivation‚ and what it can do to people. Motivation is “to be motivated‚ by ways of inducement or incentive.” The poem conveys many aspects about motivation‚ such as where motivation originates and how compelling it is‚ how strong motivation can be‚ and how motivation can change a person’s life. Motivation comes from within‚ and can push someone into action‚ whether they actually want to or not. No one will do anything
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The short excerpt from Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space is a deeply enriched text‚ expressing several strong values and attitudes‚ as well as offering a very distinct perspective. Sagan effectively urges readers to work towards a better future by preserving the Earth we call our home. This is accomplished through his use of language features utilized in and developing his values and perspective on the Earth‚ space exploration‚ science‚ and humanity as a whole. The
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Wilson Cap. 3: “The Enlightment” Cap. 4: “The Natural Sciences” Cap. 5: “Ariadne’s Thread” “Why People Believe Weird Things”‚ Michael Shermer. Cap. 1: “I am thefore I think” Cap. 2: “The Most Precious Thing We Have” “The Demon-haunted World”‚ Carl Sagan Cap. 1: “The Most Precious Thing” Cap. 2: “Science and Hope” “House and Philosophy”‚ Henry Jacobi “Innumeracy”‚ John Allen Paulos Cap. 1: “ Examples and Principles” Cap. 2: “Probability and Coincidence” Cap. 5: “The Logic of Guesswork in Sherlock
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Nature of Roger Chillingworth In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850‚ Hester Prynne‚ a young woman living among the rigid‚ cold‚ and highly religious society of the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony in the mid 1600’s‚ is ostracized and subject to a life of public shaming following an adulterous affair with a man who at this point in the story remains unidentified. In the beginning of the story‚ Hester’s husband‚ who now goes by the name of Roger Chillingworth
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"Chicago‚" written Carl Sandburg is a rousing piece of writing about the lives of people in Chicago and about the city as a whole. In 1894‚ Carl Sandburg’s father‚ a laborer in the railroad yards of a small Illinois prairie town‚ secured a pass for his son to see Chicago. The enormous vitality of the city‚ as well as its economic injustices‚ left a deep impression on the young man that would emerge later in his groundbreaking poem "Chicago." As the son of a Swedish immigrant laborer‚ who in his youth
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Carl Zimmer discusses the idea of bringing back a species from extinction throughout his essay. With examples such as the Pyrenean ibex‚ mammoths‚ passenger pigeons‚ and gastric brooding frogs‚ he discusses how technology and science have advanced to the point that de-extinction is close to being a reality. Zimmer then shifts to the benefits and problems that could arise if we are able to revive an extinct species. As a result‚ Zimmer raises the question that should we bring back an extinct species
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Jim Rogers Sees 100% Chance of Recession Times are changing. Since when does Jim Rogers like the U.S. dollar? For those of you who aren’t familiar with Rogers‚ he is a former business partner of George Soros‚ as well as a long-term commodity bull. If Rogers is correct about the U.S. dollar appreciating‚ then commodities will take a further hit. This will not be a positive for emerging markets. It will have the biggest impact on emerging markets‚ including Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China. If that
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