I Died for Beauty‚ but was Scarce Emily Dickinson I died for Beauty -- but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth‚ was lain In an adjoining room -- He questioned softly "Why I failed"? "For Beauty"‚ I replied -- "And I -- for Truth -- Themself are One -- We Brethren‚ are"‚ He said -- And so‚ as Kinsmen‚ met a Night -- We talked between the Rooms -- Until the Moss had reached our lips -- And covered up -- our names -- Emily Dickerson’s poetry often has similar
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This essay is about an accident that happened to me last year‚ and how did it changed my entire life. It happened last year‚ but the memories are still fresh. The slippery road‚ the small shards of glass‚ and the coppery smell of the fresh‚ red blood are still deeply ingrained in my mind. I remember everything just like it happened yesterday. I never pass that stretch of road without seeing it all again. I was driving in my new Volkswagen to my friend’s birthday party on a rainy evening. The white
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. on April 16‚ 1947‚ in New York‚ Harlem The 7 foot 2 center was named one of the greatest players in National Basketball history‚ and his talent was noticed in high school. Son of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr. a New York City policeman‚ and his wife Cora Alcindor was always the tallest kid in his class. At the age of 9 he was 5 foot 8 and by the time he was in eighth grade he was able to dunk a basketball. Kareem’s parents had him into school
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The Day I Nearly Died Year after year our family takes a trip to Colorado for spring break. It’s an exhilarating trip because I get to see all my wild and wacky relatives as well as spend some quality time on the slopes. Something funny or embarrassing always happens. This time was different. This time‚ I could have died! Generally when we go out on the slopes‚ falling down is one of my specialties. Putting an extremely clumsy person on skis and sending them down the hill‚ I found
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The first video clip from‚ They Died with Their Boots On‚ had one specific part to it that stood out. Just like any paintings‚ it showed a brief couple of seconds of George standing on top of the hill alone‚ and even though he was surrounded by Indians he went down swinging. The way this clip showed the 7th was in a very interesting way‚ they showed none of the other soldiers standing except for George. This made it easy to pick out which one he was but also it made it easy to show that he was a
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When and Why did the Weimar Republic collapse? The Weimer Republic was a government that the Germans established due to being one of terms specified by the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles. The collapse of the Weimar Republic could have been caused by many different events that occurred during that time period. The exact reasons of why it fell have been debated over by scholars and historians for many years. Some people say it was the people in power and the fact that the army still had sway in
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Hazrat Umer Bin Abdul Aziz When we open the windows of history‚ we happen to see many inspiring personalities of Islam. Hazrat Umer bin Abdul Aziz is one of such great persons. He possessed a bundle of superior qualities. He was humble and meek in nature but could resist evils sternly. To assert truth was the distinctive quality of his character. He was very kind to helpless and the poor; but he was bitter enemy of cruel people. He bore every difficulty with a smiling face. But he was ever ready
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FIRE by APJ ABDUL KALAM!!! NON-FICTIONby Abhilash Ruhela | on July 28th‚ 2012 | 19 comments I came into the habit of reading because of Non-fiction books. The amazing feel that this genre gives can never be experienced through a Fiction book. Let it be Amish Tripathi’s trilogy‚ Chetan Bhagat’s 5 books or any other bestseller fiction. The effect that a Non-fiction book makes on us is indescribable. And what should I say regarding the experience of reading “Wings of Fire” by APJ ABDUL KALAM. Actually
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Over the past 125 years‚ scholars have offered many interpretations as to when civilization really began. If you were charged with the responsibility of writing a book on the history of civilization‚ when would you claim civilization began? In answering the question‚ compare and contrast how these different social structures and constructs arose in different ways in the Middle East and Europe. What is implied when we call some civilizations civilized and others uncivilized? The whole concept
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He said: “My name is Achilles‚ and I’ve been on my own ever since the war of Troy”‚ with shock crawling through her body she could couldn’t spit out her words. Then finally she asked‚ “Are you the Achilles who died in the battle of Troy?”‚ and Achilles responded with “Yes”. After the two talked to each other for awhile they walked off. Achilles took the little girl back to his camp which was about two miles away from where Artemisia was camping out. He then
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