William James (1842-1910) William James was a philosopher and psychologist but was most well known in the field of Psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism‚ or the Functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." He was also the first Psychologist to be born in America. William James was born on January 11‚ 1842 in New York City. His father‚ Henry James Sr. was a
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William Dean Howells work‚ Editha‚ perfectly exemplifies the opportunist that existed in the Gilded Age. She refuses to visualize the cruel realities of war‚ however‚ she sees the romantic aspect of war that she read in her patriotic novels. She forces her views of war on her fiancé‚ convincing him that it might be best for him to join the military. She realizes that Gearson could die in battle‚ however‚ appears to not care‚ because then the attention would be centered on her and she could act like
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WAR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST While Washington and his troops froze in Valley Forge‚ General Howe enjoyed the comforts of Philadelphia. However‚ taking the city gave no military advantage to the British‚ and General Howe was soon to be replaced. General Howe turned over his command to Sir Henry Clinton in 1778. Clinton‚ who had never approved of the Philadelphia venture‚ resolved to leave the city and to return the army to New York. Battle of Monmouth. Washington followed the strung-out British
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William Blake exemplifies the rebellious and questioning spirit of the Romantic age in the various poems he wrote. This rebellious spirit especially exemplified in his most famous poem‚ “The Tyger‚” which was published in a book of poems he wrote entitled Songs of Experience. The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith‚ questioning god and his nature. By asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ Blake is forcing the reader to think about the possibility that God is not just the meek and gentle
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In the article‚ “college pressure” by William Zinsser‚ he convinced his theory about college pressures is about the main major pressures that measure our success in the future. Zinsser notes that college hyper-pressured as rat race leads them to financial security future which had expected for many generations of students. His sympathy to the student has trying to convince students that failure isn’t the end of the world. He is trying to tell us that this failure will give us strength to success
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Vale S.A. Vale reported pretty mediocre financial numbers on Thursday‚ 22nd October for its third quarter 2015 performance. Its gross operating revenues for the three months ended 30th Sep‚ 2015 were down 6.6 % to 6.6 billion from 7 billion in the second quarter. The lower realized prices of the various commodities sold by the company remained the reason behind this erosion in operating revenue. The contribution of lower prices of these commodities in depressing the revenues was $ 281 million of
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Now‚ looking back at the general mood of hopelessness and numbed terror of the Cold War period‚ we can see that William Faulkner was absolutely right when he said‚ “I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail....It is his [the writer’s] privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart‚ by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and
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Being a southerner can be complex...for the past never dies. William Faulkner’s miserable short story “A Rose for Emily” displays the un-organization in which the plot follows‚ perhaps like the characters way of proceeding on with life. The author confuses his readers‚ in order to prove how the south is stuck in the past. He does this by manipulating the plot‚ which gives a perplex understanding on how the south cannot get over the outcome of the war that had already ended. Throughout his
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William Carey He … Changed the World An uneducated shoe maker‚ William Carey‚ changed the world. From the time of Jesus until the year 1800‚ two-thirds of the world had not heard of Jesus Christ. Around 1800 that began to change. Today two-thirds of the world has heard of the Lord Jesus1 (of course‚ a third still has not heard‚ so there is a lot of work left to do). What happened around 1800? A small pamphlet was published entitled‚ An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to
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Chapter 23—“Dennis” 1) Ruth says‚ “I stayed on the black side because that was the only place I COULD stay…With whites it was no question. You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that” (232). I think she felt the only place where she felt real love was with African American people and that’s why she stayed with the black man. She wanted to be different and she didn’t want to be like everybody else. She wanted to feel unique like her mother and be different. She doesn’t
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