The quote “ If there is no struggle‚ there is no progress.” by Frederick Douglass clearly sums up my experience as a writer. Writing has always been a challenge for me primarily due to a lack of practice and confidence. Whenever I am assigned a writing task‚ academic or creative‚ such a journal entry‚ reflection paper‚ essay‚ or research paper‚ my immediate reaction is instinctively negative and fearful. In addition‚ I never took the subject seriously in my years of studies because I never deemed
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Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail)‚ abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.)‚ is the state-owned railway company of India‚ which owns and operates most of the country’s rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64‚015 kilometres (39‚777 mi)[5] of track and 6‚909 stations. It has the world’s fourth largest railway network after that of the United States‚ Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth
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Indian Ethos & Values in Modern Management “Certainly we should take care not to make intellect our God. Intellect has‚ of course‚ powerful muscles but no personality. It cannot lead. It can only serve. It is not fastidious about its choice of leaders (Mind or Soul). The intellect has a sharp eye for tools and methods but is blind to Ends and Values”. – Albert Einstein “It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a western beginning in business management will have to have an Indian
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Reconcile and Progress: Miltiades- Kaidy Li All Athenians shall forgive the past wrongs of those who aided the Thirty and will file no lawsuits against them. My fellow Athenians‚ dwelling too much on the past will surely hinder Athens in the future. If we focus on every trifling act committed‚ we will forget the real danger looming ahead of us- division. Nothing more would please Sparta and our enemies than to see Athens weak‚ suffering‚ and in turmoil. Considering all the land‚ young men‚ and
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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa‚ Italy and died in 1506. He is the one who discovered the continent of America. He is a navigator‚ colonizer‚ and explorer. He had four voyages to accomplish his goal‚ which was to find the new land that Europeans did not know. Since 1484‚ he suggested supports for many trips to kings or queens in Spain‚ England‚ Portugal‚ and France but all those plans got rejected. Later‚ he got supports from Queen Isabella and King Fernando
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The chains of poverty‚ corruption and hopelessness rattled and the sound of metal hitting metal was heard throughout the entire room. It was eerily silent except for the constant clang of chains and the soft snoring of a bird with fiery red feathers neatly tucked in her great expanse of wings with her beak facing the ground‚ her strong and scrutinizing eyes closed in a dreamless fit – the Philippine eagle‚ the Filipinos. After years of clanging‚ her eyes twitched before slowly‚ agonizingly slowly
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Have you ever wondered what was Christopher Columbus’s early life like? What was Christopher Columbus known for? How would it be like today If Christopher Columbus never existed? Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy on October 31‚ 1451 and died on May 20‚ 1506 at age 54. His father‚ Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother’s name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus first went to sea as a teen getting involved in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean seas. Christopher Columbus’s
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illustrated in the short story‚ “An Outpost of Progress‚” by Joseph Conrad when Kayerts‚ a short and fat European‚ hangs himself from a cross. Many changes from the sophisticated life of Europe‚ to the uncivilized tropical life of Africa are presented to the men and the consequences of slave trade. The white man is supposed to be more cultured than the African‚ but like Africans the Europeans turn on one another ending in death. In “An Outpost of Progress‚” Conrad foreshadows Kayerts’ death by mentioning
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Christopher Columbus departed Spain on August 3‚ 1492 for his first voyage. He stopped at the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships known as the Pinta‚ the Niña‚ and the Santa María. On October 12‚ they first sighted land which turned out to be a small island in present-day Bahamas (Minster‚ 2012a). There are various factors which influenced Christopher Columbus to undertake this voyage. He had a personal interest and determination to
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Gabriela Colon ENGL 1302 Instructor Betsy Toms 6 September 2011 Columbus vs. Cabeza de Vaca The Columbus Letter and The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca differ in many ways. The main dissimilarity is in the motivations of each of these great explorers. Both accounts are about the New World and its inhabitants but each tells a vastly different story. Columbus’s wrote his letter to gain further support for exploration of the new land while Cabeza de Vaca writes about the difficulties he and the natives
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