The similarities of this quote from To Kill A Mockingbird links directly to the next quote, said by Bernard in the novel Brave New World. " He heard nothing, and for him, no one was coming. " (Huxley, 79). ... From these two quotes, one can identify that both characters show hatred physically or emotionally because of misinterpretations. Both these quotes clearly explain the concept of misinterpretation, but the next quote from To Kill A Mockingbird provides further support as evidence to the concept of hatred and misinterpretation. ... It is relevant in both quotes that because of verbal misc...

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Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward then translated the treaty into Maori on the 4th of February 1840. ... "May I ask your Excellency whether it is you opinion that these natives understand the articles of the treaty which they are now called upon to sign?... Hobson seems indifferent neither concerned nor sympathetic towards the issue replying, "If the native chiefs do not know the contents of this treaty it is no fault of mine". Colenso goes on to say "the natives are quite children in their ideas I have spoken to some chiefs concerning it, who had no idea whateve...

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" (Locke 9) So we can already see from this quote that, similar to Hobbes natural man, Locke's also lives his life in a state of natural rationality. However, this quote simultaneously exposes a monumental difference between the two. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau, our third and final philosopher, was a native Genevian who in his 1755 essay, The Discourse of Inequality, sarcastically denounces the theories of many modern philosophers. ...

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Now as Pope Alexander VI was approving the sale of indulgences and allowing the sale of church positions, he promoted his son, Cesare Borgia, to the position of Archbishop of Valencia even though Cesare was only seventeen and like his father was not a very active Catholic. ... (Native Web, Inter Caetera) The corrupt reign of Pope Alexander VI, formerly known as Rodrigo Borgia, led to the beginning of the protestant reformation in many ways. ... One of Pope Alexander VI's most famous uses of Nepotism was when he made his son, Cesare Borgia, Arch-Bishop of Valencia even though his son was ...

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To further explain Kohn's claim in one of his quotes he says,"Competition undermines self-esteem, poisons relationships, and holds us back from doing our best (pg.35)". ... In Hacks quote where she states, "If you live in the dorms, you"re expected to part of the crowd, to accept these standards as the framework for you life (pg 93)". ... Secondly, he quotes two people and Englishman and an American conversation about the harsh punishment Americans had in slavery times. ... Last but not least, Allport quotes St. ... At times when Americans are passing by natives seem to hold their noses, ...

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That action is depicted in this quote from Adrian Goldsworthy, "However, in the closing stages of the rebellion, they seized Sardinia and threatened a renewal of war if Carthage resisted." ... Gregory Daly states, "The facts themselves bear this out, because it was thanks to Hamilcar that both Hasdrubal (who was married to his daughter) and Hannibal (his son) became lifelong, fanatical enemies of Rome. "5 Hannibal would eventually break an agreement made between Hasdrubal and the Romans and make advances at an ally of Rome named Saguntum. ... Quoted from Livy, "Meanwhile, Hannibal took to the ...

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(Quote, Jack London) I would like to share with you some information on one of the most prolific writers that has ever shared this world with us. ... On September 7, 1876, Flora Wellman married John London, a widower with two daughters of his own, from whom her son Jack took his name. ...

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Japan is a country without a truly native religion. ... First brought to Japan by the Koreans many of centuries ago it is the only religion that most Japanese consider to be a fully native tradition. ... Denise Lardner describes the way this natural settings beauty has overflowed into the religious tradition in her description of the Shinto tradition when she writes: "Shinto has been the aboriginal native tradition responsible for the Japanese tendency to locate divinity in a nature populated with 800,000 kami and to equate ethics with acting so as to honor one's family (Lardner 125).""...

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Harpo, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. __, meets a girl in church and soon tries to court her. ... When Harpo asks his father how to make his wife "mind him,"" the old man encourages his son to beat her. ...

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Voodoo offers to its subscribers not only the combination of both religious doctrine and social harmony, but also a pattern of family relations that champions direct social communication via ancient, native, inherent forces. ...

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Most often, farms in the north consisted of "a son or hired hand with the tools and skills of the carpenter's craft [which] was invaluable in the building, maintenance, and repair of house, barn and other outbuildings ."7 This is just an example of the work that was needed or utilized on most farms in the northern region. As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well as owning a small farm to earn enough to afford the family's basic needs.8 It wa...

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In order to subdue and rule Ireland, Henry sent Protestants to plant' or colonize Ireland and wrest control from the Gaelic and Catholic native population. ... Son of a leader of one of the royal free tribes of Munster. 976 Brian succeeded his brother Mahon, as King of Munster until 1014. 999 Brian Boru defeated Vikings. 1002 Brian Boru wins recognition as king of all Ireland 1014 High King Brian Boru, killed at Battle of Clontarf. 1066 Normans defeat Saxons in England 1156 Turloch More O'Connor, a king of Connacht, who had become High King in 1119, and who was the greatest o...

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Belshazzar, his son, had evidently been coregent; but in fulfillment of Dan. 5:25-28, he too died. ... In the following year he made his famous edict (see Ezr. 1:2-4; 6:3b-5), allowing all peoples to return to their native lands. ...

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Following the death of King Philip II in 336 BC, a 20 year old Alexander inherited one of the most advanced army and logistical system of its time, coupled with veteran generals, an exemplary battle record and hegemony over Greece; this was King Philips legacy to Macedon and his son Alexander (Hyper 1). According to Honorary Senior Lecturer of Ancient History Michael Austin, "The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways in their own lifetimes " and he uses the analogy that "Alexander drove the engine his father had built " (Austin, 1998). ...

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As the son of Emperor Taisho and Crown Prince, Hirohito found comforts in the studies of science, mathematics, ethics, geography, and literature often studying in his native Japanese as well as Chinese. ... Reports surfaced that his son, Chang Hsueh-Liang, had attempted to arise anti-Japanese sentiment throughout Manchuria and Japanese military forces saw an opportunity. ...

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"Are you accusing the world or is the world accusing you? " DOGEN Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) was a Norwegian writer whose work is primarily dramatic. In the entire history of literature, there are very few who have measured up to Ibsen's st...

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Meaning, without me saying the organization, I can induce thoughts and pictures in most people in the American cultures head by quoting a few tag lines, and they are not just from profit seeking companies. ... Taking myself again as an example I could easily label myself Irish-American or even Native-American but I have not connections on any level with either of those parts of my ancestry, so I chose not to. ...

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In other words, the NWA would sign a Texas born native like Jack Adkisson and make his wrestling character into a Nazi heel named Fritz Von Erich or even create a Russian villain named Boris Malenko who was actually a Jewish man from New Jersey named Larry Simon, all for the reaction of the crowd and to create controversy on television which would result in a higher number of viewers....

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Sumo Exposed: The Invention of Tradition in Japan's National Sport I: Introduction and Theoretical Remarks "Even today in Japan's highly industrialized and modern society, sumo is generally perceived as a quintessentially Japanese sport, in which history, tradition and even religion are intermingled to form a unique sport of pageantry and splendor perhaps matched by no other country's national sport" (Sandoz 1992:8). One hardly needs to emphasize the popularity and status sumo enjoys as Japan's kokugi, or national sport. Three years ago, I lent my copy of Aerosmi...

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Locke was the son of a Puritan Somerset lawyer who served in the Parliamentary Army during the Civil War. ... He stated that if truth is native to our minds, then observation and experimentation could lead one nowhere, at the most they can only confirm our knowledge and not act as additions to it. ...

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Nose piercing was first recorded in the Middle East aproximately 4,000 years ago, it is mentioned in The Bible in Genesis 24:22 Abraham requested his oldest servant to find a wife for his son Isaac, the servant found Rebekah, and one of the gifts he gave her was a "golden earring" the original Hebrew word used was Shanf, which also translates as "nose-ring". ... The Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, and the Inuit peoples of northern Canada and Alaska wore labrets fahioned from walrus ivory, abalone shell, bone, obsidian, and wood. ...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? Walton says that Victor showed letters and that W. saw the monster, to lend credibility to the story. Victor had thought to be useful, but without due consideration to values. Epic hero: "the greatness of his fall." Victor's speech: we do something not bec...

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