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Romanticism began in the mid-18th century and reached its height in the 19th century. The Romantic literature of the nineteenth century holds in its topics the ideals of the time period, concentrating on emotion, nature, and the expression of “nothing.” The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using…

What Is Wisdom What Is Wisdom? Is it knowledge, science or just common sense? I think it is a mixture of all these things and more. If you look in the thesaurus these words would just be a few that you come up with. How old do you have to be to obtain this wisdom…

A Modest Proposal towards mankind is strikingly similar. Both acknowledge the view that man has dominion over the earth, as created and instituted by God. However, the difference is seen in their approaches to this subject. Pope primarily focuses on mans pride and place in society, whereas Swift discusses how man deals with certain situations…

Tuesdays with Morrie , Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom is a story of the love between a man and his college professor, Morrie Schwartz. This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of a man who only knew good in his heart. A man who lived his life to the fullest…

Year Round Schooling For more than twenty years the educational and economic benefits of year round schooling have been debated in the United States. Experts agree that year round schooling may not be the answer to the problems of all school districts. However in more than 205 districts nation wide, problems have been resolved by…

Poes Fall Edgar Allan Poes The Fall of the House of Usher is clearly one of his most well known short stories. Well over a hundred years after this story was written the basic elements of fear are being used today in cinematic and written works. In essence there are two elements that need to…

Palo Alto, CA coffeehouse scene in the mid-sixties. It was there that he began writing poetry and found his future song writing partner Jerry Garcia. Although Hunter had been writing poetry for several years, his career did not begin in earnest until 1967, when he mailed the lyrics to “St. Stephen”, “Alligator”, and “China Cat…

.. . Spoken from beyond the grave, Because I could not stop for Death Because I could not stop for Death– He kindly stopped for me– The Carriage held but just Ourselves– and Immortality. We slowly drove–He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility– We…

The Scarlet Letter-Arthur Dimmesdale Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, proves to be a sinner against man, against God and most importantly against himself because he has committed adultery with Hester Prynne, resulting in an illegitimate child, Pearl. His sinning against himself, for which he ultimately paid the…

When Alan Greenspan presented the Federal Reserve’s semi-annual report on monetary policy to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and the U.S. House of Representatives on February, Dr. Greenspan touted a cautionary yet favorable view of the U.S. economy. He states that “With inflationary pressures apparently…