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About My Own Essays and Term Papers
The Stoics And SocratesThe question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is
among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the
doctrine of a future life. The soul may be defined as the ultimate internal
principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our ...
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Father I Love You“You should have told him. Told him what? That you loved him”.
That statement really hit me like a ton of bricks because ever since childhood I was really close to my father. We shared a lot of memories together we used to go to baseball games, the park, I even went to work with him on the ...
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Carpe Diem: The Golden ChanceCarpe Diem, is the expression that means seize the day, means that
one should take advantage of every minute of this life. Many people do not
succeed because they are scared about life. It is very difficult to
accomplish anything in this life if they do not risk themselves or do not
do anything ...
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Dickens And "The Jew"Was Charles Dickens being anti-Semitic when portraying the character Fagin as "the Jew", in his classic story Oliver Twist, or was he merely painting an accurate portrait of the 19th Century Jew in England? Some critics seem to believe so. Though there are no indications of neither anti-Semitic ...
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Prayer In Schools: To Pray, Or Not To Pray??
A very controversial issue faced in schools today is the subject of
prayer in the classroom, and rightfully so it is an issue that should be
discussed. In America there are hundreds, if not thousands of different
religions and beliefs among people. Unlike thirty years ago, Christianity
is not ...
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Personal Writing: "Do You Want To Go To Space Camp This Summer?"Personal Writing: "Do You Want To Go To Space Camp This Summer?"
"Do you want to go to Space Camp this summer?" This question arose
during a conversation with my mother when I was in seventh grade. I
actually thought she was just joking when she first said it. She told me
she wanted me to ...
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Augustines ConfessionsAugustine on his own view stole the fruit for the mere enjoyment of the sin and theft that the stealing involved. He says in (II,4)
“Behold, now let my heart tell you what it
looked for there, that I should be evil
without purpose and there should be no
cause for my evil, but evil itself. ...
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ArtFrom stick figures in the sand and the earliest animals painted and
carved in stone, people worldwide have reacted to the world by making images.
The fundamental goal of , especially in the past, was to convey meaning and
express important ideas, revealing what was significant to every society, ...
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Gender Role Socializationis the process whereby people learn and adopt the gender that their culture deems appropriate for them (Schwartz & Scott, p. 435). History has show that many cultures still adhere to traditional gender roles even as we come closer to the turn of the century. The United States is considered to ...
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Fantasy Vs. RealitySometime in our lives, we have wished for things we don't have. No
matter how hard we wished on the star or a candle, our wishes never seemed
to be answered. We have all felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas
morning when we finally realized that we were never going to be able to
have what ...
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Family, Marriage, And Gender RolesAt the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family.
Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the
outside world. The individual's identity, his or her dreams, in large part
depend on the family of origin or a family of choice. The individual is ...
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“The Cariboo Cafe”This story from The Moths and other stories by Helena Maria Viramontes is told in three different parts. In the first part we read about Sonia and Macky who are children that migrated to the United States with their parents but are now lost in the streets. In the second part we read how the ...
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Dog DreamsFor the past five years my dream has been to own a male Saint Bernard pup out of my old Saint Bernards, Samson and Delilah. Patty, the woman that owns my old companions called and informed me that Delilah was pregnant and was expected to deliver within the next week. I knew that my dream was ...
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Cry, The Beloved Country: John And StephenPsychologists often battle on the idea of "Nature vs. Nurture", or
the idea that people's character are decided by either genetic inheritance
or their surroundings. In Cry, the Beloved Country, two brothers, John and
Stephen Kumalo, are shown to have distinctly different values, although
they ...
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Everyone Has Dreams, But To Carry Them Out Is The American DreamThe American Dream is something that makes America great. It
allows those with aspirations to make them come true. In America all one
needs is a dream and the motivation to carry out that dream. Ambition is
the driving force behind the American Dream. It allows anyone that has an
aspiration, ...
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ChristianityWhat is your religion? is the major religion in the world. I wonder if Christians have stopped to examine their religion. has a violent past which includes the deaths of many people just because of their non-Christian views. It makes me angry that people just believe instead of examining what ...
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Creative Story: Racing Along Walls"Hey Joe, hand me the 3/16 socket," I mumbled into the underside of my car.
I felt a nudge in my ribs as my friend, Joe, handed me the socket I asked for.
Matching the ends of the hexagonal shaped socket with the stub on my wrench, I
pushed the two together. A loud click signaled the two ends of ...
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Affirmative Action: Why It Should GoAfter the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, it became apparent that certain business traditions, such as seniority status and aptitude tests, prevented total equality in employment. Then President, Lyndon B. Johnson, decided something needed to be done to remedy these ...
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Personal Writing: My First Time Experiencing Riding A BicycleAfter a very meaningful conversation with my dad about the old
days, we came up with an object that we both remember cleary. It was my
very first biclycle. My mind told me that I got it when I was only eight
but my mom insisted that I was seven when I got it. Either of us had a
proof, and so we ...
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Personal Writing: My First Time Experiencing Riding A BicycleAfter a very meaningful conversation with my dad about the old days, we
came up with an object that we both remember cleary. It was my very first
biclycle. My mind told me that I got it when I was only eight but my mom
insisted that I was seven when I got it. Either of us had a proof, and so ...
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