emotions of sorrowful indignation have depressed my spirits‚ and I have sighed when obliged to confess‚ that either nature has made a great difference between man and beast‚ or that the civilization‚ which has hitherto taken place in the world‚ has been very partial. I have turned over various books written on the subject of educating the overly hairy beast’s‚ and patiently observed the conduct of parents and the management of schools lying in the forest; but what has been the result? A profound conviction
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I am black. I am a black goo. Black in a cube‚ that shapes my every move. It is not the prettiest spot but it is in existence. White nor gray just black will have presence on the goo that represents my being. The invisible box that molds me‚ at times only allows me to see in monochromatics‚ the somewhat good and the almighty ugly when it is neccessary. Yet my mold is my prism that allows me to view the world from multiple perspectives‚ when needed. Am I trying to infer that being a black is a
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Bertrand Russell’s essay Why I Am Not a Christian is a popular touch-point for the community of Atheist writers and thinkers. It is a source of quotations as well as offering a comforting substantiation of their shared beliefs. Some portray the writing as definitive in nature while others comment happily on the enjoyment they find in rereading it from time to time. Lord Russell’s life and philosophy are extolled for the commitment to reason that they exhibit and there is little doubt that
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During high school‚ my goal was to do just well enough to pass. Attending college was never a thought that had crossed my mind. As the first grandchild and being raised by my grandparents‚ my main goal was to graduate and move out as soon as possible. So‚ shortly after graduation‚ I moved roughly an hour away with my significant other at the time and began working to pay bills. Throughout the last 18 years‚ I’ve worked at several different organizations in several different roles. Recently‚ I’ve
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I didn’t ever grow up in the richest of neighborhoods‚ but that didn’t matter‚ because I was happy. I was happy because my personality‚ my interests and my character all formed from the areas and places I have lived in and around. For example‚ my beloved family‚ the income of my household and the neighborhoods I lived in shaped me to be who I am on this day in age. The biggest playing factor on who I am today was unquestionably a repercussion of my kindred. My home‚ after my parent’s divorce‚ was
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your life that you take an active course in shaping” (Kumar) defines destiny‚ while “the preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions” (Kumar) define fate. Unlike destiny fate does not change‚ it will occur. Fate remains a driving force of nature‚ a natural and unstoppable occurring event that will take place. The book I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer takes fate as the running theme to show where a character named Mordred goes on unforeseen
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I am a blocker. I am a conqueror. I am NOT a complainer. I wear my trucks loose and keep my bearings greased. I defend my jammer – she who is my individual point scorer. Without points we do not conquer. Without her blockers‚ she cannot score‚ And so I push and hammer through the rival all you can eat blocker buffet. Like freshly born colts‚ they continue to stand back up. And so I get my fill‚ gluttonous‚ bloated by the blockers that offer themselves up for sacrifice. I am a blocker. Victory is
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A Man I Am by Stevie Smith (1902-1971) In less than a page‚ this poem instantly recognizable as the work of its utterly unique author sketches the process of man s evolution from a primitive‚ violent‚ wolf-like state to true‚ spiritually-conscious humanity. The process is at the same time a movement from hate (line 1) to joy (in the penultimate line). The three verse paragraphs describe‚ in order‚ the wolflike state‚ the evolution itself‚ and finally the evolved state in which man began to feel human
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could hardly believe that [he] was so far away from home‚ yet there was nothing familiar in [his] surroundings‚” except for his Gideon Bible‚ which makes him homesick‚ resulting in him setting the book aside. He then goes on to say “This was New York. I had to
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records the seven great “I AM” statements of Jesus‚ each one used to give insight into His person‚ His deity‚ and how He relates to God in the OT. “Seven times John records Jesus saying‚ ‘I am…‚’ attaching it to a metaphor. These seven statements give special insight into who Christ claimed to be…He was identifying Himself with Jehovah of the Old Testament”. The “I AM” statement that I will be focusing on is “I AM the true vine”. Jesus says this in John 15:1 “I AM the true vine‚ and My
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