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    House of Wisdom

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    and suffered at the hands of church doctrine‚ the Islamic world was conquering lands from Persia to Spain. Building not only great cities and palaces but also libraries and centers of learning. These centers of study from Italy to Spain to the “House of Wisdom” in Bagdad‚ was where Muslim scholars were working doggedly advancing the fields of science‚ philosophy‚ astronomy‚ mathematics‚ alchemy‚ and medicine. (Lyons 156) Not only preserving the great works of Plato and Aristotle and translating

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    Inkheart Quote Analysis

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    trade-off. But I’ll take it all.’’ This quote means that the greater you love a person the harder the loss of that person is to you. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke relates to this quote in her book Inkheart in chapters 29 and 30. I agree with this quote because the quote could relate to you or someone else. On page 285 of Inkheart Meggie say‚ “Do you miss her- my mother I mean?’’…. Mo answered‚ “Almost all the time.” This quote of Inkheart relates to quote 1 because Meggie lost her mother at a young

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    haunted house

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    A HUANTED HOUUUUUUUSEEE!! Virginia Woolf’s short story ’a haunted house’ is about a house and a ’ghostly couple’ that inhabit it. The short story uses much symbolism and is very short but can be read again and again with new discoveries each time. The first time I read this story I was pretty clueless to what it was all about. I was unsure of who the characters were and the story was just generally confusing and I got the feeling that the ghosts were antagonistic characters. What are they

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    Dream House

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    Would you like to stay in a lovely white house in the suburb of the New York city within 40 minutes drive off the city centre ? It’s a classic style house with 2 floors . It has a large garden all around the house and has a beautiful path with many trees and flowers besides so in your freetime you can take care them ‚ really interesting .In the backyard of the house has a few fruit trees and Addition ‚ it has wonderful swimming pool behind the house where you can have a party or ideal eating

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    House of Burgesses America is a nation that gives its people freedoms and power through its government‚ but it did not come to be over night‚ it has been in the making for hundreds of years. There have been many factors that have made America what we know today. Initially the first Americans did not have an established government‚ they did not even have an assembly to represent the people. The first official Legislative assembly in the English colonies was the House of Burgesses (*history

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    Quotes on Nature

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    Lend a Hand—Care for the Land Give a hoot. Don’t Pollute Reuse the past‚ Recycle the present‚ Save the future! GO GREEN! You Can Make a World of Difference–Care About the Environment Take a stare to take your care‚ Take care to keep your stare of the beautiful world around you! Keep your world clean and green. Save trees‚Save the environment!! Clean city‚ Green city!! Look around‚ Feel around‚ fly in air but stay on ground Save Environment Save U’r self Save a tree‚ save the world

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    Macbeth Quotes

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    Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair —The witches’ philosophy of life. he unseam’d him from the nave to the chops —The bloody Sergeant’s description of Macbeth’s killing of the rebel Macdonwald. What‚ can the devil speak true? —Banquo’s reaction when it turns out that Macbeth has been named Thane of Cawdor‚ as the witches predicted.                Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it —Malcolm’s comment on the execution of the Thane of Cawdor‚ whose title was then given to Macbeth. Let not

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    Leadership Quotes

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    The key to successful leadership today is influence‚ not authority. - Kenneth Blanchard The challenge of leadership is to be strong‚ but not rude; be kind‚ but not weak; be bold‚ but not bully; be thoughtful‚ but not lazy; be humble‚ but not timid; be proud‚ but not arrogant; have humor‚ but without folly. - Jim Rohn A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader‚ a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves - Eleanor Roosevelt Do not follow where the

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    1984 Quotes

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    “Until they become conscious they will never rebel‚ and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” Book 1‚ Chapter 7 In the novel‚ 1984‚ Winston recognizes in his diary that the Party and the Thought Police never consider the Proles dangerous. Winston acknowledges that Proles outnumber both the Thought Police and the Party in general making them a potential threat to the Party. The Party also underestimates the Proles’ ability to pose a threat to the Party. The Proles

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    solon quotes

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    “Often the wicked prosper‚ while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs‚ my virtue for their gold. For mine endures‚ while riches change their owner every day.” -solon Pg. 45 he was no great admirer of wealth‚ since he goes so far as to declare that two men are equally wealthy even when one “has great possessions‚ Silver and gold and broad wheat-bearing acres‚ Herds and horses and mules: while the other’s portion Is but his daily bread‚ clothes for his back‚ Shoes

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