I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” —Robert E. Lee. “If we’d had your music‚ sir‚ we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart”. The outcome of the Civil War was solely based on the North’s access to music. It gave both sides a way to express their views and differences. Music comforted‚ entertained and gave soldiers something to do other than worry about loved ones. At home‚ it distracted families from all the fears
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Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Paper Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge with an emphasis on the conditions of its validity and finding answers to ultimate questions. While every other science aims at investigating a specific area of knowledge‚ such as physics or psychology‚ philosophy has been defined as “thinking about thinking.” The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom"
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Examination Hell‚ written by Ichisada Miyazaki and translated by Conrad Schirokauer‚ describes the lengthy‚ and often rigorous process of taking Civil Service Examinations. The book begins by giving an account of how a young boy prepares for the examinations‚ learning his first Chinese characters at the age of three. Girls could not take the Civil Service Examinations‚ and from birth were treated in a way such that they would learn to be submissive. Boys began their formal education at age
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East India Company The East India Company was an English joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company operated its own large army with which it controlled major portions of India. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton‚ silk‚ indigo dye‚ salt ‚ saltpetre‚ tea
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How did the Sino Japanese war weaken the KMT? The second Sino-Japanese War weakened the inner mechanisms of the KMT so far that by the time 1945 came around it was strategically disadvantaged and vulnerable to the CCP. The Sino-Japanese War was a war between the Japan and China this started from July 7th 1937 – September 9th 1945. This led to a full-blown war‚ japan then ended the war by surrendering. When Japan attacked china people’s army and KMT they decided to discard their bad blood and that
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“East High is a place where teachers encouraged us to break the status quo and define ourselves as we choose. Where a jock can cook up a mean crème brûlée‚ and a brainiac can break it down on the dance floor. It’s a place where one person‚ if it’s the right person‚ changes us all. East High is having friends we’ll keep for the rest of our lives‚ and that means we really are ’all in this together’. Once a Wildcat‚ always a Wildcat!” Troy Bolton. Although I am not a student at East High from the movie
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Over the extent of this course‚ we have learned many strategies and tools to help improve our writing. These have been condensed into 4 outcomes which our goal of this year is to be able to portray through a showcase of our works. My selections clearly outline these principles and display them thoughtfully. Firstly‚ the ability “To demonstrate an awareness of the strategies that writers use in different writing contexts.” is important for all readers and writers alike‚ as it allows us to discern
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World War I Essay When a nation’s hunger for power and control become too great‚ the nation may be pushed to do things that may have harsh consequences. This was the case in the early 1900’s when the world engaged in its first major global military conflict. There were a number of causes of the First World War; due to the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany accepted full responsibility for the war. Although the Germans had a large contribution in starting the war‚ they should not be fully held
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The British imperialism had a huge impact on the world. One main thing it effected was that it had broke the old age pattern of the agrarian economy. It had also forced the production of crops in many places. It had effected the geography‚ economics‚ and culture in primary and secondary sources. It had ended community handicrafts through the unbeatable competition of the I.N.P (Industrial Nations Product). British had an influence on the filed of economics such as modern human rights‚ scientific
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between countries as the sole cause of the first world war but fail to realize that the main reasons for this conflict were right under their noses. Recurring disputes were credited to the constant fight of countries and their imperialistic goals. Germany’s constant desire to own more colonies‚ specifically France’s‚ aggravated what already was an irate nation. France’s persistent nationalism sparked what would become the most durable conflict during the war due to the seizing of French land by the
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