"A Las Flores de Heidelberg" (To the flowers of Heidelberg) Jose Rizal April 22‚ 1886 Go to my native land‚ go‚ foreign flowers. Sown by the traveler on his way. And there‚ beneath its azure sky. Where all mu affections lie; There from the weary pilgrim say‚ What faith is his in that land of ours! Go there and tell how when the dawn‚ Her early light diffusing‚ Your petals first flung open wide; His steps beside chill Neckar drawn‚ You see him silent by your side‚ Upon its Spring perennial musing
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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Dakota Holgard APUSH Columbus Questions 1. In 1492‚ Ferdinand and Isabella had just ended a war with the Moors‚ otherwise known as Muslims‚ and conquered Granada. In the same year‚ Jewish people were expelled from the Spain‚ and Columbus was granted passage to India via a western route. 2. The King of India is referred to by Columbus as the Great Can‚ meaning the King of Kings. 3. Columbus seeks out India in order to “learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to
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The finished product of the lantern of the College of Education for the lantern making contest in Universidad De Manila Merlions celebrates Paskuhan 2014 E very year‚ Universidad de Manila celebrates an event called ‘Paskuhan’. This year‚ it was held last December 15 to 17‚ from Monday to Wednesday at the University lobby. On that day‚ many booths were set up and a lot of activities were hosted by different individuals. The said festival gave fun and excitement to every student that joins
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Some of the measure taken by De la Casas and the other priest might have been communication. They might have tried to take some sense into the men commuting this brutal acts‚ but this tactic was probably in effective. De la Casas and those who held similar beliefs probably hide and helped the Indians escape to the mountains‚ to safety. They might have also freed slaves from the midst of torture if they could. I am sure that people like De la Casas tried their best to reach out the people
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La indolencia de los filipinos (y de los estudiantes tambien) 1. What was the effect of conviction of "inferiority?" -The child or youth who tries to be anything else is blamed with vanity and presumption; the curate ridicules him with cruel sarcasm‚ his relatives look upon him with fear‚ strangers regard him with great compassion. No forward movement -- Get back in the ranks and keep in line! With his spirit thus molded the native falls into the most pernicious of all routines: routine not
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still many Americans that did not benefit and still continued to live a horrible life. The American Revolution got rid of the King‚ or the dictator‚ and replaced it with the idea of people participating in the political process. In the painting La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck‚ poor people taking down the statue of King George III with ropes. Everyone was involved in taking down the statue‚ but the poor people seemed to be doing most of the work (Doc.A). The rich whites were treated
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TABLA DE CONTENIDO Página I. Introducción…………………………………………………………………….. 3 II. Marco Teórico…………………………………………………………………… 4 Concepto y Perspectivas sobre la inversión de los Sistemas de Información………………………………………………………………….. 4 El costo de no tomar decisiones correctas de inversión en los Sistemas de Información en contexto económico macroeconómico y microeconómico… 12 Estrategias para hacer una correcta decisión de inversión en los Sistemas de
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ENSAYO SOBRE "LA TREGUA" (MARIO BENEDETTI) En la novela epistolar de "La Tregua" escrita por Mario Benedetti‚ nos cuenta la historia de Martín Santomé‚ un hombre que tiene un amorío con una de sus compañeras de trabajo‚ Laura Avellaneda. A lo largo de la novela una de las preocupaciones que menciona Martín Santomé en su diario es que existe una gran diferencia de edad entre él y Avellaneda; lo tenía angustiado el pensamiento de que ella lo fuera a dejar por alguien más joven. Aparte de esta preocupación
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On La Indolencia de los Filipinos Sloth‚ idleness‚ slackness‚ dilatoriness or indolence -- Rizal‚ in his 1890 writing for La Solidaridad‚ takes up the question of this dissenting characteristic of the Filipinos. Upon reading his work‚ I am faced with the question whether the Filipinos nowadays still realize the existence of Juan Tamad among us while we are busy recognizing the fact that indeed the Philippines has become one of the main sources of the world’s domestic helpers‚ caregivers‚ nurses
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