In what ways do foreign lands threaten or affirm the traveller's sense of identity? An identity is something that determines an individual character, often representing "who" and "what" that individual stands for. ... If this is the case I also aim to establish how those foreign lands interpret change and if so, do they threaten the traveller's identity or do they merely enforce the traveller's original values and beliefs. ... He asks why humanity can never get things correct and that when everything in society is inverted, failure is inevitable. ... Like that of a human ...

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The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice... This is the reason why Brecht, who did not voice his Marxist values during the reign of the Nazi Party, displays Galileo in the original Life of Galileo as a heroic character of whom he idolizes. Scientists can implement change and better the lives of ordinary people if they are determi...

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At present, America is not the leading world power in scientific research, exploration, or advances in basic science. ... Nor, do they understand the principles and procedures of inquiry well enough to promote, both old and new ideas. ... If our students are to remain viable in a constantly changing global market, a commitment must be made on the part of all parties concerned. According to the findings of the Business-Higher Education Forum (2005), this commitment must include the development of innovative instructional strategies for teaching math and science, and the proper preparation of te...

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"The world is enigmatical, every thing said and every thing known and done, and must not be taken literally, but genially. ... "Emerson's moral doctrines could not sustain Thoreau for long," Worster concludes, "for they were aspiring branches that had no roots to support them. They were ideas that were not soiled enough." (4) Worster's figure of difference, complete with Thoreauvian pun--the spiritual airiness of Emerson's imagination can't compare to the fecal matter of Thoreau's ecological ideas--maps a path in the ecocritical reading of Thoreau by way of Emerson tha...

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