Darwin was much more interested in collecting animals and recording their habits than academics. ... The earth was seen as a treacherous place, where even the animals competed to breathe. ... There were arguments about rights for different economic classes, the sexes, and the separation between religion and government. ... Nature only keeps the strongest animals because they are the only ones who can survive nature itself. ... To kill someone, is to be like an animal, and perform natural selection. ...

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He then puts the man on his animal and takes him to an inn and pays the innkeeper with his own money and tells the innkeeper to take good care of the man, and he would pay for any extra expenses on his way back. ... While the elder son stayed at home, and his father kept his rights and his portion of the estate that would inherit one day. ...

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These people were never free from fear of raids over crops and animals. ... It is thought that the people might have done this to ensure that they would continue to have a good supply of animals. ... Diverse groups met through Nubia where they traded animals, gold and many other luxury products. ...

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What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...

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