from The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Arriving at Moral Perfection It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination‚ custom‚ or company might lead me into. As I knew‚ or thought I knew‚ what was right and wrong‚ I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more
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In the 1880s choosing to be a farmer had its opportunity and a lot more difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general
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The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks
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ETHICS IS MORE THAN LEGALITY In the early 2000s‚ the U.S. public was shocked to learn that Enron‚ the giant energy trading company‚ had created off-the-books partnerships to unlawfully hide its debts and losses. The Enron disgrace soon was followed by more scandals at major companies like WorldCom‚ Tyco International‚ ImClone‚ HealthSouth‚ and Boeing. (See the Legal Briefcase box for a brief summary of a few of these cases.) In recent years‚ greedy borrowers and lenders alike were among those who
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Here’s Herbie “Here’s Herbie” mainly occurs within a train‚ but the setting itself switches between Queens and Manhattan. The narrator tells us that when he was just 15 years old‚ he was in a constant stage of teenage depression‚ as his mother was both mentally and physically ill. In a couple of years‚ he had to travel to Manhattan twice a week because of his needs of injections due his allergy. However‚ he despised the trip‚ because it held many terrors for him‚ one being that he had to get on
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McDonald’s The McDonald’s Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 35‚000 outlets.[5][6] Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently
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#1 Make Observation What causes Alzheimer’s disease neurologically? This question came to my mind when I was watching the movie ‘The Notebook’ for the fifth time. Unusual for a guy‚ I love romantic genre movies and I was wondering why Alzheimer causes short and long term memory loss. I also had an interest on the Alzheimer’s disease after watching the movie ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ where the protagonist tries to fix the neurology nerve system to heal his father’s Alzheimer. #2 Ask Question
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Dukwane’s deliverance Being different is not always bad. It can as well mean to be capable of doing something others wouldn’t have done‚ to have a dream of becoming something that extends beyond your social environment. But it can be a complicated road to achieving this dream and you can meet different obstacles that need to be overcome. Sometimes deliverance is the answer. This is the situation presented in the short story “Dukwane’s deliverance”‚ written by Neil Ramsorrum‚ where the boy‚ Dukwane
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The first event that began every women’s movement rights act in the country was the world’s first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls‚ NY on July 19-20‚ 1848. This convention instilled hope in women all over the country to fight or equality in the work force‚ education‚ pay‚ and rights. (49) Because of the first convention leading women to fight for what should righfully be theirs‚ places soon fell in line to accept women accordingly. In 1855 the University of Iowa became the first
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Section2 (P2): Explain the difference between capital and revenue items of expenditure and income. a): Capital income: Capital income is income generated by an asset over time‚ rather than from work done using the asset. If a farmer buys land for a certain amount of money and sells it at a profit after one year‚ the difference in the prices is capital income. Capital income‚ also known as capital gains‚ can only be realized after an asset is sold. In contrast‚ if an asset is sold at a lower price
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