Gold is a rare metal with a long history, one factor that gives it such a long history is Alluvial gold was quite common and appeared regularly in most streams and rivers. ... When gold was first discovered thousands of years ago it would have been found as alluvial gold in streams and rivers all over the world. ... June 9 1851 the governor assembled a gold discovery committee with a reward of 200 pounds to anyone who found legible gold within 321 km of Melbourne unknown to them gold had already been uncovered. William Campbell had found gold on Donald Cameron's farm and it was kept quie...

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Throughout the novel "Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, many symbols and recurring motifs help develop and contribute to Jack's violent character and overall savage behavior. ... The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again" (Golding 54). ... " (Golding 196) From this passage, Jack not only rushes at Ralph with his spear, but he also aims for a fatal stab at Ralph's chest. ... " (Golding 151) From Jack's dialogue, he in fact presents the head of the pig as a gift for the beast. ... In William Golding's novel, "Lord of the Flies," many symbols and recur...

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This is clearly illustrated in Lord of the Flies, a novel written by William Goldings. ... As individuals of this global village, actions must be taken to prevent the tragic slide towards savagery pointed out by William Goldings....

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In the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, emphasizes on the evolution of industrialization using characters such as Emily to reflect on tradition. William Faulkner uses the symbol of death, society's view on modernization, and ignorance on tradition, highly developed throughout the last two centuries, that is changing humanity and its ideology forever. ... As people began to visit Emily's decayed fragile body, the imagery Faulkner uses is, " The rose when she entered- a small, fat woman in black with a thin gold chain descending to her waisther skelet...

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The Populists were strong advocates of the gold standard being replaced by silver at a sixteen-to-one ratio (making the silver in every dollar worth about 50 cents) because it would make it easier for poor farmers to pay off debts. But in 1896, another blow struck the Populist platform when William Jennings Bryan and the Populist "free silver" platform failed to win the election against William McKinley. ...

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William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily" is told through a pluralized first person point of view. ... "They could hear the invisible watch ticking at the end of the gold chain," (92) refers to the "thin gold chain descending to [Miss Emily's] waist" (92.) ...

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Their places in history are merely separated by the presidency of William Howard Taft, but they still share many of the ideals of the Progressive era. ... In order to shift from the gold standard that made money inaccessible to the public, he led the passing of the Federal Reserve Act, which divided the private National Bank into 12 district banks regulated by the Federal Reserve Board. ...

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A second example is the colony of Pennsylvania, which was founded by an English man named William Penn. ... The rum was then shipped from New England to the West Indies where slave ships that had disposed of their human cargo, took rum to Gold Coast of Africa, then the slaves were transported via Middle Passage back to the colonies. ...

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The thirteen colonies were separated into three regions: the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies .The these colonies varied significantly from territory to territory. Even the very reason for founding of these colonies differed from one another. The major difference...

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