PRECIOUS LIFE Tell me‚ what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver Life is so precious‚ And each day is a gift. So enjoy every minute‚ As it were your last to live. Cherish your loved ones‚ Hug them tight‚ Share with them your heart‚ And your time. Nothing is forever‚ And life goes so fast‚ Each minute that passes‚ Is one you can’t get back. When troubles arrive‚ And knock you off your feet‚ Stand up and smile‚ And remember life it too sweet
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all that is a part of it. reuse‚ reduce‚ recycle‚ renew! Be keen to keep your environment clean. Save trees & save environment Think Green & Live green Thank God men cannot fly‚ and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all. ~Robert Orben Modern technology Owes ecology An apology. Because we don’t think about future generations‚ they will never forget
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Procter‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ are both subjected to unjust laws. Both demonstrated that ‚ "if the law is of such a nature that it requires one to be an agent of injustice toward another‚ then I say break the law‚" as stated by Henry David Thoreau. When a law is put into effect that will convict a person who is a free thinker then it is a unjust law. One might as well break it because if no one stands up for the principle then than law will stay in effect until adverted again. <br><br>In
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the traits of transcendentalism. Escaping and seeking solace in nature gave way to a clear mind. In this ideology that emerged in New England around 1836‚ it focused greatly on the individual and concepts emphasizing the good of nature. Both Henry David Thoreau and Emerson were notable figures of this belief. These writers composed many works that advocated for individuals to escape the corruption of society and embrace the self. Through this major belief it helped many people around the world to remember
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Henry David Thoreau once said‚ "In the long run‚ men hit only that they aim at‚ therefore they had better aim at something high." I agree with Thoreau completely. When you have goals in life‚ you’re going to do anything and everything to accomplish those goals. Therefore why not set higher goals that you will endeavor just with diminutive amount of more effort? One semester of English has gone by and there’s another semester to go. Even though I have done fairly well in English the first semester
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her individuality. He criticizes the American Government‚ too. He believes that the Government is an obstacle for productivity and achievements for Americans. It seems as though Emerson is urging the people to create a better government. Henry David Thoreau‚ a student of Emerson‚ once wrote‚ “If a man does not keep pace with his companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears‚ however measured or far away”. This means that every single person “hears
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In the 19th century a revolutionary concept was introduced to the world: civil disobedience. It was the concept that people could disobey laws and accept their consequences to protest in peace. It may sound counter-intuitive‚ but it drew attention to some of the greatest plights in human history: civil rights for African Americans‚ Indian oppression by the British Empire‚ South African apartheid‚ among many other events. Each of them succeeded in changing the world by fighting with their words‚ their
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he would quote the scriptures directly. Transcendentalism was a literary movement founded in 1836 by Emerson and a handful of other adventuresome American thinkers. It featured at least three authors of world stature: Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. Combining Romanticism with reform‚ Transcendentalism celebrated the spiritual potential of man by encouraging nonconformity so that‚ through a sense of individuality‚ man might be released from mass conditioning enough to intuitively
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Cited: So Much Happiness-Nye‚ N. (1998). Retrieved from Poetry Packet Thoreau‚ H. Retrieved from http://quotesandimages.com/post/3787319201/happiness-is-like-a-butterfly-the-more-you-chase-it
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Sarah Seward Clark English October 10‚ 2008 Big English Paper The book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a popular book about a boy who feels isolated from the world and refuses to conform to the world. The poem Sic Vita by Henry Waldo Thoreau is about a man who does not fit into the world in which he lives. The two literary works are very similar because the themes of isolation and nonconformity are very present in the main characters lives’‚ the authors’ lives and the literary
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