1. comparison
From the moment I start lathering my hair with shampoo to the second I shut off the water, I think of a very important part of appearance; clothing. ... Just as this syllabus makes people feel mentally like a fresh new beginning is upon them, so does the mental syllabus that is made for me. Being fresh and clean physically is just as important as being fresh and clean mentally. ...
Not only did the Romans produce an elaborate system of roads, but they also designed a channel of waterways that gave them flowing, fresh water daily. The inspiration to provide this water was the enormous population of one million people that inhabited Rome. They developed aquaducts, channels of water, that flowed in to any single outlet at any time. This provided some fourteen million gallons of water per day for the growing population. ...
I looked around for a moment to spy a spot to pitch my tent and prepare for my evening activity of catching some dinner (fresh trout). ... * * * * * On any given day, a young man could hike 20 to 30 miles in a day's time, allowing for the weight of his pack and physical condition, but with this newfound fear driving me, I believe I covered about 40 miles that night, stopping only long enough to get a drink of water and catch my breath. ...
Nick knows that Gatsby was a great man, "... and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor." ... Dexter was satisfied when he relaxed, "--and because the sound of a piano over a stretch of water had always seemed beautiful to Dexter he lay perfectly quiet and listened." ...
For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocriti...