Dear Quote Investigator: I attended a graduation ceremony last year and was genuinely impressed by a quotation used in the keynote address: What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. The speaker credited Ralph Waldo Emerson and that sounded plausible to me‚ but when I searched on the internet to find a specific reference I was surprised to discover substantial disagreement. Some websites do attribute the words to Emerson‚ but other websites
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IS IT MATTER NOW This is information era. The evolution of human society from agricultural society to industrial society‚ and to today’s information technology society‚ shows that information technology is playing a more and more important role. People who can access to information the most quickly would be the winners in the market. With the continuous development of consumer demand‚ and the progress of information technology industry‚ IT has been widely existed in every corner of the modern commercial
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pastures‚ the plethora variety of animals‚ and calming waters that make my heart soar for days. If I think about it now‚ Mother Nature is dying‚ because of us. We the people‚ destroy everything we touch. We think we make it better‚ but who are we really hurting? The answer is ourselves. Mother Nature’s beauty should be a promising feeling of life in our hearts. If we look back from today‚ there’s not much left to look back at. When I go ride my bike‚ I notice everything; every detail about
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Marriages. Are They Really Made in Heaven? Marriage is a form of relationship between people who share rights and obligations to each other after promising to be companions for a lifetime. It is the physical‚ mental and spiritual unison of two souls. We have a need to reach out to other people and form a close bond with them. There are different types of marriage‚ but the general types are civil marriage and religious marriage. People choose the kind of marriage which is suitable for them. As
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Today‚ many people are in so much financial debt that it is impossible for them to pay their debt as well as the general cost of their living expenses. Many are blaming September 11th for their financial whose; however‚ their spending habits have always existed. Many feel like there is just not enough income coming in to support their lifestyles; jobs are being cut like never being before. Credit card companies are issuing credit cards like never before. If one is not cautious‚ they will have
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life for his family because he and his family were struggling. Family is everything even before yourself. A homeless man steals a can of soup for his family. The Can is worth $1.00 at CVS and he only did it to feed his starving‚ dying family. Is it really that bad that you are stealing one can of soup worth a dollar? I think it’s ok to be immoral because sometimes you need to what’s best for you and the others around you. Being immoral is ok because if we didn’t take risks than we wouldn’t human
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affair was wrong‚ or whether the conduct reflects poorly on not only the person’s involved‚ but the company that was involved? Perhaps it just came down to Mr. Stonecipher not practicing what he preached. From an ethical standpoint‚ Mr. Stonecipher was clearly in the wrong. As a CEO or a leader for that matter‚ you must lead by example and his example was poor at best. You cannot enforce standards in the workplace if you are skirting those standards yourself. As chairman of any company‚ you
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addiction defined? Should addiction be viewed as a disease or as a choice? According to Leshner article‚ addiction is considered to be a disease‚ while Heyman explains in his article that drug addiction is a matter of choice. In Leshner article‚ “Addiction Is a Brain Disease‚ and It Matters”‚ he gives the science reasoning for drug addiction being a disease rather than a choice. He argues that addiction is just as much of a health risk as a social problem. Addiction in this article is defined as
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Department of Chemistry Physical and Chemical Properties Submitted by: Date Submitted: 2/2/2014 Date Performed: 1 Lab Section: Course Instructor: PURPOSE: To identify chemical and physical change in matter. PROCEDURE: Finding out the physical and chemical change in matter. There was seven different substances that were being tested; Mossy Zinc (Zn)‚ Magnesium (Mn)‚ Copper (Cu)‚ Magnesium Oxide (MgO)‚ Copper II Nitrate (Cu(NO3)2)‚ Copper II Carbonate (CuCO3) and Sodium Chloride (NaCl)
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EA Does Management Really Work ? At that article for the ninetieth anniversary of HBR‚ they wanted to ask a question. How three essential practices can address even the most complex global problems. The three essential practices’ are targets‚ incentives and monitoring. They establish researchers teams and asked managers a targeted list of open ended questions‚ designed for ferret out details about how their companies were -or were not- implementing these practices. They learn three
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