Maud Lewis Maud Lewis In her Early Life Maud Lewis suffered from disabilities as a result of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. She began her artistic career by hand-drawing Christmas cards. These proved popular with her husband’s customers as he sold fish door to door and encouraged her to begin painting. She used bright colours in her paintings and subjects were often of oxen teams‚ horses‚ or cats. Many of her paintings are of outdoor scenes. Her house was one-room with a sleeping loft and is
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In addition to being responsible for taking scientific measures focused around new and existing animal species; Lewis was also responsible for the botany discoveries on the journey. Botany‚ flora and fauna were Lewis’s original interest and love. Over two hundred and sixty specimens were collected and investigated along the journey. As with the animal findings‚ some were sent ahead to scientists even before the journey ended‚ so examination and scrutiny could begin. These specimens were analyzed
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C.s Lewis is one of the greatest Christian and British Authors thought history. Part of University of Oxford’s Inklings‚ which also consisted of C.s Lewis‚ J.R.R. Tolkien and two other members. This group would read each other parts of the manuscripts of their books. One of the books C.s Lewis read to this group was “The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe”‚ J.R.R Tolkien did not like this book‚ he did not think it would do well‚ but he was wrong. Two of C.s Lewis greatest works‚ The Lion the Witch
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Lewis and Clark: the Imperialist of America‚ 1803 -1806 The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 to 1806‚ was a very important adventure‚ which had significant bearings on the whole of the American nation; declaring American sovereignty in the West‚ advancing American trade‚ and promoting peace between Indian tribes‚ while attempting to establish a peaceful and profitable relationship with the Native Americans. Thus‚ Lewis and Clark are viewed as ¡§brave adventurers who went where no one had gone
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Introduction The Lewis Model 3 profiles National cultures Conclusion • Talk about 12 languages • Started his own communication company to help businesses to set up in an international difficult context and counsel for a better understanding between foreign business cultures • Also famous for his cross cultural researches‚ the Lewis model. The Lewis model: what is culture? Introduction The Lewis Model 3 profiles National cultures = Conclusion The Lewis model: components
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paper on one of my all time favorite authors‚ C.S. Lewis and one of his books‚ The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe‚ from his collection The Chronicles of Narnia. Ever since I became a Christian‚ and I read Lewis book Mere Christianity‚ I have been hooked on Lewis books. I picked up the Narnia books‚ not realizing what they were‚ but because who the author was. I have read each one of Lewis books multiple times‚ and if I have free time to read‚ Lewis books some of the first ones I go to. I haven’t spent
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In C.S Lewis book The Four Loves he has a chapter about Friendship. At First he talks about that Friendship is something that few seem to find. With it being unnatural is something that has to be worked for‚ but like the other loves can be developed overtime. He then goes on to talk about male relationships and how they can be perceived by outsiders as homosexual‚ even though that is not always true. With friendship Eros can be touch many people at the same time. He then turns his attention to why
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Content Summary The book‚ The Great Divorce‚ was written in 1945 by C.S. Lewis. Lewis wrote the book as a response to William Blake’s book‚ Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In many ways‚ it is a refutation of Blake’s book; there is no marriage of heaven and hell. The book begins in a sad‚ dark‚ desolate place. The reader is led to believe that this place is hell. The narrator takes the reader throughout the streets of this peculiar place. Eventually‚ he stumbles upon a bus station‚ along with many other
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According to C.S. Lewis‚ this humanity is not simply the existence as a biological species‚ but is instead founded upon the capacity to understand the objective values of the world. So‚ as the traditional values of the world are shunned‚ as they die‚ humanity will die as well. In Lewis’s book‚ The Abolition of Man‚ the permeation of moral relativism into the minds of the youth is the threat to humanity. In order to defend the importance of the doctrine of objective value‚ or the Tao‚ Lewis utilizes appeals
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Jordan Ferris "While photographs may not lie‚ liars may photograph". This line‚ stated by Lewis Hine‚ a famous photographer from the late 19th to mid 20th century‚ is starting to become a phrase that really has some meaning (McClymer‚ 2011). It was once thought that a photograph told the complete truth. However‚ in more recent times with the technology of the camera‚ photographers now have the option to not only stage pictures‚ but to also go back and retouch them once they are already taken.
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