Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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Kayley Lunsford AP English Witten 10/23/10 My Funeral Plans To my dearest friends and family‚ If you are reading this letter‚ I have passed on to the God I have always prayed to. Please do not mourn my death‚ but celebrate my life. Even though I have now moved on‚ I was able to enjoy each day of my life as if it were miracle. I look down upon you all with abundant love and much appreciation for such a wonderful life. Below are my wishes for how my life is to be celebrated. First
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TECHNOLOGY City of Malolos‚ Bulacan FUNERAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM <Client> CHAPTER I 1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF TECHNOLOGY Dealing with the death of a loved one can be particularly difficult when the funeral is delayed because you don’t have the body‚ either temporarily or indefinitely. But there can be alternative ways to commemorate the dead. FMS has been developed to offer the funeral profession the most comprehensive administration
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The market for funerals today is beginning to shrink and downsize due to the costs and added expenses that are incurred when planning a casket funeral as supposed to choosing cremation. The funeral industry accounts for roughly over $16 billion dollars in sales every year‚ and in recent years has seen a decline in the services being provided for individuals choosing to use caskets and burials‚ because the average cost of a funeral today is roughly $7‚075. With the merger proposal of both Stewart
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Death‚ sounds scary right? But‚ have you ever thought in something else besides the moment itself? Have you thought about what your body is going to be done with? Oh sure‚ a regular funeral or a cremation may come right away to your head. But‚ let’s stop at regular for a moment. What is actually a regular funeral? Is it really putting your body in a coffin and burying it in a graveyard? What would you think if I tell you that you can have a Coca-cola coffin‚ a fish or a car coffin? What would you
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2/7/13 Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman show the effect the death of a great President has on the nation in their two pieces “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Funeral Train.” They include significant details such as the amounts of people affected and the shock of the nation due to this tragic event. Whitman and the American people in Sandburg’s piece have two unique but somewhat similar responses to Lincoln’s assassination. In “The Funeral Train.”‚ by Carl Sandburg‚ there is an unbelievably large
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‘Heil Hitler.’ Ralf said performing the proper salute‚ and then shutting the door. Opening the envelope‚ his breath hitched. The paper he held in his hand‚ informed him of his mother’s death and the time the funeral was to be held. In three days time‚ the funeral would occur in Berlin‚ as such they would return to the old house for two days. He released a shaky breath and began to remember happy times with his mother‚ memories he would cherish. Though one came to mind‚ which wasn’t quite as happy
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soon-I have endeavored to discharge all my official duties faithfully-I regret nothing‚ but am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.” Taylor then lost consciousness and died. His funeral took place on July 13. Nearly 100‚000 people stood along the funeral
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A Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer Letonio B. Johnson December 10‚ 2012 Strategies for Success in College‚ Career‚ and Life! (SLS 1103) Many people cringe at the thought of being in the presence of death. A subject no one wishes to discuss too often. But the fact is that death is a part of life. It’s appointed for every person to die. No one knows when there time will be. I must admit imaging death can be very
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On October 9th‚ 2013‚ my Grandmother died from cancer. Two days later we were at the funeral home a couple of minutes away from her house in urban Philadelphia. When we got out of our car I felt a strong brisk of wind and a cold chilling sense down my spine‚ “This isn’t going to be a good day.” I thought to myself and walked up the ramp and into the funeral home. I immediately noticed an overwhelming smell. Like elders and salt‚ probably from the tears that were shed here. I looked around and walked
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