The famous Ralph Waldo Emerson quote‚ “build a better mousetrap‚ and the world will beat a path to your door” has inspired many people to create mousetraps. Mousetraps are the most invented thing in America with over four thousand four hundred patents. Many mousetrap designs are created by ameture builders‚ and fewer than twenty five designs have ever made money. According to the article‚ the best mouse trap has already been built‚ the fundamental snap trap made by John Mast. The trap “consists
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Humans are often hindered by society’s expectations to the point where reaching our creative potential is nearly impossible. Conforming to society does not prove anything about character‚ and in Emersons words “Your conformity explains nothing. Act singly‚ and what you have already done singly will justify you now” (Emerson). Conforming to a group leaves people mimicking one another. Acting singly will take a person farther in society than just going along with the crowd. When big figures are
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Humans have a negative effect on the tundra biome. Some of the effects are overhunting‚ global warming‚ oil drilling‚ and pollution. When endangered species encounter these issues they die and eventually become extinct. An example of overhunting is how sailors overhunt musk oxen and caribou for their fur and body meat. The fur gets used for clothing and the sailors eat the body meat. The musk ox is nearly extinct due to overhunting. When you over hunt a whole species‚ that species may go completely
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1. Did the captain make the right decision? Why or why not? Yes and no. I think the situation could have been handled a lot better. I think it was wrong that he was just picking people to be kicked off of the life boat that would drown. I think wrong that he was choosing the people that were going to be killed‚ but at no point did he offer himself up. This is a very difficult question because at the same time he was trying to help the people that were on his boat survive. 2. What other choices
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In the poem John Oxenham brilliantly illustrated the meanings of life through stanza two “A way‚ and Ways‚ and a Way”. It describes many circumstances that we face in our lifetime‚ therefore I think the best suited descriptions are shown above. First‚ time could be described as one of the most costly item‚ we can’t live without it. Thus the author continues with “High Soul climbs the High Way‚ And the Low Soul gropes the Low‚” Through repetition of “the Way”‚ the author is stressing the short amount
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journey to be accentuated as a direct result of intentional word choice. Pi arrives on the beach slightly crazed from his time at sea‚ as can be observed from the way his perceptions are distorted‚ with a fear that‚ “in two feet of water‚ I would drown‚” (Martel 284). He continues on with his confusion as he comments on his surroundings‚ animating the beach he resided on and breaking down following Richard Parker’s leave only clarifying how questionable his mental state was. He acts disconnected
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In the passage “by the water of Babylon”. (Stephen Vincent Benet) I think during the story the author explains the main characters feelings‚ “This is a very strong dream‚ it may eat you up”.(benet) meaning that the son has very strong feeling towards going on this journey. He explains what type of precaution he has to go through to get his destination meaning saying chants‚ praying and looking for signs of good luck or bad luck. I knew prior to reading this passage that there was a lot of death during
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watershed cannot hold so much water and this results in overflowing of the water. However‚ when we are talking about the water sheds it is just not a small quantity of water but we are talking about huge volumes. So‚ a lot of water can actually drown an entire city. A combination of rains and excessive water can form the perfect recipe for a flood. When it rains the water levels constantly rise up and the rivers or lakes that act as water sheds cannot hold anymore water and so they also start
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Clifford’s essay “The ethics of Belief” he gives a now well-known example about a shipowner. The story is of a shipowner and his decision to not go through the expenses of repairing his ship before sending it out in the sea. The ship goes down and everyone drowns‚ and through this example Clifford asserts that it is a “sin” to hold a belief without sufficient evidence. Many times‚ our decisions and beliefs should definitely have sufficient evidence but sometimes we have a “gut” feeling that helps us through
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refers to a well-known quote‚ “keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. “…I never found man that knew how to love himself…I would drown myself for the love of a guinea hen. I would change my humanity with a baboon.” Iago‚ Act I‚ Pg 48 Iago states “… I never found man that knew how to love himself…I would drown myself for the love of a guinea hen. I would change my humanity with a baboon.” Iago is very self centered. He is over-confident and has too
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