Remarque in the first pages of his book All Quiet on the Western Front summarises the theme of his entire text by dedicating it to "a generation that was destroyed by the war - even those who survived the shelling". ... As Baumer and his young friend are increasingly desensitized on the western front, their only small joys come from having a modicum of decent food to eat, and the empty satisfaction of their sexual drives in brothels. ... Published in 1928 with this powerful message of a total condemnation of war, it is unthinkable that the human race could ever again allow itself to take up a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Horrors of War All Quiet on the Western Front is a fictional novel about WWI published in January 1929. ... All Quiet on the Western Front deals more with the characters thoughts and fears, and how their lives are changed during the war. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During this time, he produced An Island in the Moon (1784-5), All Religions Are One and There is No Natural Religion (1788), The Book of Thel (1789), and Songs of Innocence (1789). ... God bless the cakes and bless the jam; Bless the cheese and the cold boiled ham; Bless the scones Aunt Jeannie makes, And save us all from belly-aches. ... Although he participates in all the social activities of Whitehorse, he is happiest when he is alone, tramping through the woods, delighting in the vast solitude of the North. 1906-1907: One day, when he is asked to recite at a church concert, a friend s...

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• Grade Level: High School

History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... All the sources stress the importance of duty to the cause, in particular, source C that evokes the prospect of a holy, or just war, in defence of the majority of the people. Respect also plays a significant role in all three sources, and, in what was a predominantly team-based society, a suggestion could be perceived that one would let down the side if the reader did not enlist for...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sitting in lotus pose with focus on the breath and quieting of the mind is the essence of yoga. ... However, the weather is not cooperating, so I will enter through the front door and meander down the long hallway where the treatment rooms are located. ... Quietly, our instructor enters the room and takes her place in front of the wooded scenery. thing as the rhythmic music that plays quietly in the background. ... Celebrity guru, Deepak Chopra has published several books on the subject of yoga and other holistic disciplines. ... But how did it all begin? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Fair's philosophy has always been to provide a wide range of good quality Chinese and Western cuisine at affordable prices in a bright, clean, and modern ambience. ... The goal is to identify all the major factors affecting competitiveness before constructing a business strategy. ... Typically, dishes that are able to hold their temperature longer, such as hotpot and clay pot rice, are served in winter months in addition to those items that are served all year round. ... Even though the food menu design of Fair fast food restaurant is outstanding, it is not difficult to observe and com...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The existence of such a book, published in English, written for a specialized area of legal practice, is an important marker. ... Over my career I have published little on Chinese law. ... That quickly led to a commitment to economic development under the auspices of a politically autocratic state – all of this under the control of a political party that in 2010 calls itself "communist" but that encourages millionaires to join its ranks, and which espouses a market economy in a blend that no one quite knows what to call. ... The Qing did all these things, and some of the early ...

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Yet Father Lour seems to symbolize heroism somewhat more profoundly than Father Vaillant, which can be seen in the following passage that purposefully describes him: "The new Vicar must be a young man, of strong constitution, full of zeal, and above all, intelligent. ... In all his travels the Bishop had seen no country like this. ... This plain might once have been an enormous city, all the smaller quarters destroyed by time, only the public buildings left,""piles of architecture that were like mountains. ... This pictorial representation of the good and evil the priests and all people m...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All these five features together are pointers to the trends in the partisan politics of Democracies all over the world. ... Not the illiberal, undemocratic National Front in France, the Reform Party in Canada, or the Freedom Party in Austria but the open, Democratic Party. ... This situation has all the potential of people losing faith in Democratic governance itself. No wonder then, when Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thakre openly advocates the introduction of benevolent dictatorship, the number of takers is not all that small. ... However, in the post cold war world where communism as an ideo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After taking the spring of 1936 off from school, he changed his mind and went to Harvard after all, enrolling in the fall of 1936. ... This prestigious post opened new social avenues to the Kennedy family, and gave them front-row seats for the drama of World War II's approach. In the European theater, Adolf Hitler was preparing to occupy Austria and Czechoslovakia, and the British government was pursuing a policy of appeasement, designed to stave off war at all costs. ... Hitler's armies quickly crushed the Poles, and tensions at the French-German border immediately settled into a q...

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• Grade Level: High School

All these ritualistic techniques to ward off demons, illness and other afflictions have their roots in Babylon rather than Zion. ... Once in a while He will withdraw the closeness of His comforting presence in order that we will seek His unique counsel all the more diligently (2 Chron.32:31). ... Therefore, he does all that he can to upset the faith, assurance and spiritual security of those who love the Lord Jesus and wait for His coming. In spite of all this, the Christian should never be held in fearful bondage to Satan. ... One of the most detailed and rewarding works to be published on ...

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• Grade Level: High School