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The Christian Science Church

book that described her new beliefs entitled Science and Health, which was published in 1875. In 1877, she married Asa Gilbert Edd...

Work's Changing Nature

and longer work hours for an expanding and urbanizing workforce. Henry Fords offer to pay workers $5 a day for their efforts in m...

Importance of Salinity to Agriculture in California

This research paper discusses the nature of food production in California's Imperial Valley, as well as factors affecting this ind...

Theme of Nature The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf

understanding the deeper connections and interpretations of the characters who populate Chaucers work. Those deeper connections cl...

Chaucer, Deceit and Medieval Honor

The Miller's Tale and the Pardoner's Tale from Chaucers' Canterbury Tales are compared in this paper to Beowulf and Sir Gawain and...

Sociology's Debate Regarding Nature versus Nurture

In five pages this paper examines this controversy in terms of which is most responsible for the development of personality, inter...

'Obligation of Promises' According to David Hume

It is here that the concept of utility arises. Hume asserts that qualities are valued either for their agreeableness, either to t...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Racism in the United States

This researech paper offers an overview of American racism, describing several famous incidents that portray the nature of racism ...

Nature Poetry of Robert Frost

In seven pages this paper discusses Robert Frost's nature poetry in terms of what it has to say about humanity. Six sources are c...

An Investigation of Symbolism in the Nature of Space

Using the bathroom as a point of reference, this five page paper explores symbolism as it realtes to personal space. Four sources...

The Religious Views that Influence African American Beliefs

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper considers the nature of African American religious beliefs as they influence specific social/cu...

Contemplation in Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth and Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson

with his family, he finds himself reminiscing about his adventurous past, and nature encourages his ruminations: "It little profit...

Heathcliff Character Formation in Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In five pages the ways in which Heathcliff's character was shaped in terms of the nurture and nature debate are analyzed. There a...

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Themes

In seven pages this paper examines how culture and nature are thematically expressed by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island ...

Human Nature and Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism

In five pages this paper discusses human nature within the context of Sartre's existentialism in a consideration of the contradict...

The Western Influence on the Countries of Africa Africa

6 pages and no sources. This paper considers the nature of western influences on the countries of Africa. Specifically, this pap...

Accentuate the Positives in the Combination of Technology and Nature

In five pages this paper discusses the positive effects technology can have on nature in terms of medical advancements, on food su...

Clark's Philosophers Who Believe

In five pages this paper examines philosophy and the nature of religious faith as considered in Clark's 1997 text Philosophers Who...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Its Controversial Nature

because of its controversial position, and content, that children should not be required to read it, or have it read in class. In ...

Freudian Theories

This research paper discusses various theories of Freud, such as the nature of the unconscious and its role in repression; the thr...

Nature in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson

"After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes," "This is My Letter to the World," "I Had Been Hungry," and "They Shut Me Up in Prose,"...

'The Bear' by William Faulkner

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

Purpose and Meanings of Western Philosophy

This research essay considers Western philosophy in an overview of purpose and meanings consisting of five pages and includes an a...

Comparing Theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber in a consideration of Th...

The Resurrection

This paper consists of five pages and discusses claims made by both theologians, John Dominic Crossan and Caroline Walker Bynum, ...

Child Temperament, Motivation, and Nature v. Nurture

In twelve pages this paper discusses child temperament and motivation with regard to the nature v. nurture debate. Fifteen source...

The Nature of Democracy, Freedom, and Revolution by Herbert Aptheker

What these men recognized is that a large majority of humanity, particularly in that period, did not have the education to make s...

Society and Nature

This paper examines the concept that society has lost much of its humanity and happiness due to loosing touch with nature. This f...

Human Nature and Sigmund Freud

struggle for life of the human species ( 122). He adds that the sense of guilt is the most important problem in the development of...