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Three Famous Writings
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the word "justice", but he does say "Great Man cherishes excellence; Petty Man, his own comfort. Great
Man cherishes the rules and regulations; Petty Man special favors." To me, that mean "Great Man is fair,
Petty man is unfair."
The second of these three values is responsibility and respect to one's family and elders, and
responsibility and respect to others families and elders. This is most evident in Confucius' writings. He is
constantly stressing family values and responsibility. One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of
your parents be that you might become ill."
This stresses personal responsibility and respect t .....
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Articles Of Confederation
Words: 602 / Pages: 3 .... the arm for the United States. The arranged a national government that would consist of a single house of Congress, where each state would have one vote. Congress had the power to set up a postal department, to estimate the costs of the government and request donations from the states, and to raise armed forces. Congress could also borrow money as well as declare war and enter into treaties and alliances with foreign nations. With this power, Congress was able to make the look good by signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This treaty, signed along with Great Britain, concluded the American Revolution. By its terms, Great Britain recognized the thirte .....
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Atomic Bomb In World War 2
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reported killed or injured. A memorial now marks the spot where the bomb exploded.
During the initial blast the A-bomb released about 85% of its
energy as intense heat followed by a supersonic shock wave that is felt
as a highly destructive high pressure air blast, which can easily demolish
tall buildings, not to mention people. After the initial blast radiation
covers the area, causing people, animals, and structures to practically disintegrate. Even years afterwards people were still dying and having
health problems related to the radiation they were exposed to long before.
There were many people that were strongly .....
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Rasputin The Mad Monk
Words: 1341 / Pages: 5 .... Russia as a faith healer, or wandering holy mendicant. He was said to have had the powers of precognition, foreseeing the future, clairvoyance, seeing events happening elsewhere, and healing the sick without medication or therapy. Many have attributed Rasputin's powers to the arts of the Orientals, which he had picked up along his travels. Many groups in Russia wished Rasputin dead, because they could not logically interpret his actions and could not rationalize his power. He was seen at this time as a sort of "Devil's Advocate", because no one believed that a Holy Man could posses such powers. His methodology was not that of the time period he .....
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Egypt-israeli Conflict And The
Words: 3597 / Pages: 14 .... Nation in this conflict. Also, I wish to pay
particular attention to the question of who, or what brought these
countries into conflict. Were they both victims of their situation, or
did they become actively involved in promoting conflict, or perhaps a
third party source, such as the US pushed them into conflict?
In 1948, the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of
Israel was read by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. The Egyptians, like
most of the Arab states saw this as a creation of a Western State,
backed by the British Empire, and thus an imperialistic entity in the
Arab homeland. Considering the pas .....
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The History Of Stonehenge
Words: 1799 / Pages: 7 .... feet in diameter. It took over 1200 years to build Stonehenge, a life
span of 50 generations. This magnificent monument was built in three main
stages during this time frame. In the early stages of Stonehenge I the
first circular ditch or moat was dug around 2750 BC with the use of crude
instruments such as bones and stones. This ditch was built with an earth
bank inside it. A ring of holes, known as the Aubrey Holes, were excavated
inside the bank(The World's Last Mysteries). The holes were shallow and
carefully spaced, and almost immediately filled in after being dug.
Archaeological studies have shown the Aubrey Holes never contained stones
or .....
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American Labor Movement: Development Of Unions
Words: 2194 / Pages: 8 .... Revolution. Textile mills were the first factories built in the United States. Once factory systems began to grow, a demand for workers increased. They hired large amounts of young women and children who were expected to do the same work as men for less wages. New immigrants were also employed and called "free workers" because they were unskilled. These immigrants poured into cities, desperate for any kind of work.(Working People, 1)
Child labor in the factories was not only common, but necessary for a family’s income. Children as young as five or six manned machines or did jobs such as sweeping floors to earn money. It was dangerous, and the .....
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Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
Words: 1740 / Pages: 7 .... demonstrated the link between hysterical symptoms such as paralysis of a limb and hypnotic suggestions to cure the paralysis. Although Freud later abandoned his faith in hypnosis, hypnotic experiments taught Freud that mental processes that took place unconsciously could have a powerful effect on behaviour.
It was Freud who drew our attention to the unconscious mind. If we liken the mind to an iceberg, the nine tenths below the surface is the unconscious in which there are many mental processes going on that we have little control of. Our conscious mind is above the surface; it is what we are fully aware of and contains our perception, thoug .....
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Korean War 2
Words: 1426 / Pages: 6 .... was made permanent. In 1947, the UN declared for elections to be held in all of Korea to decide one government for the country. However, North Korea refused to take part in the elections and didn't allow it. So on May 10, 1948, South Korea voted for a national assembly which set up the Republic of Korea. On September 9, North Korea set up the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North and South Korea claimed the whole country and their troops fought several times between 1948-1950. The US removed it's troops from South Korea in 1949. It also said that Korea was outside of US defense line. North Korea saw it's chance for military action to .....
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Capitalistic Punishment
Words: 947 / Pages: 4 .... death penalty should be abolished in the United States.
Most of those who espouse capital punishment laud it for its supposed deterrence effect; that is, its alleged ability to intimidate would-be criminals into abstaining from murder for fear of the fatal penalty. According to statistics, however, no such effect is apparent. "Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, the number of executions and the size of death row have substantially increased. Yet during this same period of time, the FBI Uniform Crime Reports show virtually no change in the national murder rate" (). Moreover, some sociologists like Hugo Adam Bedau in his book The Dea .....
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