The Highest Merit: Knowledge from Within Influence from other sources such as people or tradition is a common way to learn and acquire knowledge. However‚ the highest merit is in relying on one’s own thoughts and ideas as discussed in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay‚ “Self-Reliance”‚ and in Herman Hesse’s novel‚ “Siddhartha”. Emerson emphasizes that it is more valuable to acknowledge one’s own beliefs than acquiring knowledge from others. He also explains that once someone accepts his or her own
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Datuk Maznah Hamid was born in Air Hitam‚ Kedah Darul Aman. Dubbed as the ’Iron Lady’‚ she was the first woman to manage a security service company‚ whereby before her‚ this field was dominated by men only. Career: Chairman Danau Lumayan Chairman Securiforce Hi-Tech Cargo Board Member Golden Hope Plantations Berhad Board Member Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB) Board Member Universiti Utara Malaysia Board Member Maznah Motivational Centre Advisory Board
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It is difficult to believe that today is my graduation on my second course. My family and friends are here‚ excited and cheering for me because I had made it. Taking up two courses at a time is not that easy. There where times over the last four years where I wanted to give up My last six months as a BSIT student‚ is the hardest part I think. Awake until 3 o’clock or 4 o’clock in the morning doing our IT project‚ then waking up at around 7 to attend my BSIM class at 8 am. That‚ sometimes we are
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Gabrielle Rae V. Bueser HFH23 June 15‚ 2013 Reaction Paper: Spoliarium As we enter the hall of the National Museum of the Philippines‚ the prominence of "Spoliarium" an oil on poplar completed in 1884 by National Artist‚ Juan Luna‚ is remarkable. The super- sized painting depicts a dark hollow beneath the Roman arena referred to as the Spoliarium where the bodies of slain gladiators are being dragged away for disposal. This is the time in history when the Romans travelled to Europe and collected
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Apush Study Guide CH 15 Key Terms The Age of Reason- Thomas Paine’s anticlerical treatise that accused churches of seeking to acquire “power and profit” and to “enslave mankind” Deism- 18th century religious doctrine that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Most deists rejected biblical inerrancy and the divinity of Christ‚ but they did believe that a Supreme Being created the universe Unitarians- Believe in a unitary deity‚ reject the divinity
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Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ Twain: Transcendentalist Writers Transcendentalists are believed to go above and beyond and be independent. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau both stress that transcendentalism is all about individualism. According to Emerson‚ the main idea of transcendentalism is to withdraw from society: “To believe you own thought‚ to believe that what is true for you in your private heart‚ is true for all men(that is genius” (185). Emerson focuses on following the heart. Similarly
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Background: Thoreau’s Experience Background: Thoreau’s Experience—Like Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists‚ Thoreau Background: Thoreau’s Experience Background: Thoreau’s Experience felt a need to confirm his unity with nature. On July 4‚ 1845‚ he began his famous experiment in what he thought of as “essential” living—living
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ENG4U February 28‚ 2014 Barriers to Success Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited for having said “do not go where the path may lead‚ go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” This means an individual who creates their own trail‚ will essentially produce their own success. However‚ success is not only a destination‚ success is also a rather difficult journey‚ littered with barriers and obstacles along the way. The obstacles encountered throughout the journey of success are major deterrents
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make A people great and strong; Men who for truth and honor’s sake Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep Who dare while others fly— They build a nation’s pillars deep‚ And lift them to the sky. — Ralph Waldo Emmerson A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. —Henry David Thoreau We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest riches. — Euripides “Remembering that I’ll
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"Nature" is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ and published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In this essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism‚ a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature.[1] Transcendentalism suggests that the divine‚ or God‚ suffuses nature‚ and suggests that reality can be understood by studying nature.[2] Emerson’s visit to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris inspired a set of lectures he later delivered in
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