Similar to Theodore Roosevelt, Harloff lived through extreme hardships as a young individual and strived to exceed the expectations of society in his time. ... In Roosevelt's speech before the Hamilton Club of Chicago, he stated, "A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual (Theodore Roosevelt, "The Strenuous Life").... In the Victorian Era, life simply wasn't exciting for Americans. ... Roosevelt was trying to help Americans ...

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Wade ruled all laws that banned abortions unconstitutional except those that saved the life of a mother. ... " Moreover, Simpson's analogy between the condition of the comatose and the unborn holds a strong point; if one considers a comatose state living, the removal of life support indicates premeditated murder; if a fetus is on "life support" by being attached to its parent, is abortion no different than removing life support form the comatose? ... While some contend if a single murder provides life to others, it is justifiable. ... Do ordinary signals of activity equa...

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Passive euthanasia, on the other hand is legal in America, and is not the result of one human intentional killing another, but letting the patient die as the result of letting the natural courses of life run their course. ... If it is the person's own life, shouldn't they have the right to decide when, and by what means they wish to end it? ... And as long as we are abiding under the law, which is made and enforced in order to protect us and allow us to live freely, we are free to make our own choices, as long as they do not harm society. Legalizing voluntary euthanasia ma...

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One of the aphorisms commonly attributed to the 19th century German philosopher, Freidrich Nietzsche, is "Live dangerously." ... That there is danger in any choice that man makes is a certainty, and just as certainly living one's life to the fullest and savoring every moment is a tenet of the theory of Eternal Return. ... According to the concept of Eternal Return, the events of every man are simply points to be fully experienced along a line through time - the ribbon of life - and with each moment man travels through a new portal, simultaneously extending the line into the future and rec...

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The doctors are sorry for their mistake but only give her six months to live. ... Is the answer euthanasia, or do you let her live out the rest of her short life in pain and misery? ... He is the possessor of his life. ... He is in terrible pain; he begs to have these machines disconnected so he can go home and live out whatever life he has left and die in peace. ... Some people who suffer from illnesses that make them unable to communicate may not want to live any longer. ...

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The transformation that occurred transformed the way we live our lives in all aspects such as what wear and eat how we live and work and our social interaction as some main examples. From living a basic life, where many goods and products were limited was quickly accelerated to a more complex and structured society with an abundance of goods available at our doorsteps. ... At this time the population of Britain belonged and lived in small rural locations and daily life was manual and very difficult. ... At this point life was a constant battle against famine and bad luck. 1Although T. ...

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Many of these security measures are now becoming so ingrained in everyday life that we are oblivious to them and we do not question their existence. ... Whitehead mentions in his article tilted: Kafkas America that "We now live in a society in which a person can be accused of any number of crimes without knowing what exactly he has done. ... Whitehead adds to the idea that we live in a world where we have no actual privacy due to technology. ...

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Earth is slowly being destroyed, and if people aren't informed and actions are not taken now, humans will not have a place to live. Human consumption of coal and oil and the successive rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have brought about extraordinary and life-threatening global warming. ... Trees also have a crucial role in the oxygen cycle: they make up an essential part of one of the world's life support systems. ... Everyone strongly supports clean water, although no one wants to live near a sewage treatment plant. No one wants to live near garbage and chemical wa...

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If one lives the last years of his/her life, the more poignant of years, in a way where instinct and necessity govern all parts of awareness, why not live an entire lifetime in that manner? In the essays "Why I Went to the Woods,"" by Henry David Thoreau, and "Living Like Weasels,"" by Annie Dillard, life is depicted as being more pleasant and beneficial when lived in the simplest form. ... To access this approach, to live with purpose, one has "to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms- (347); returning to the original way of life revitalizes an appreciation for exis...

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The Right to Smoke In a Restaurant, or The Right To Live? ... There is no way that a person, child or unborn baby should be put at such a huge risk of any of these life threatening affects by merely sitting in a supposed non-smoking section of a restaurant. ... The answer is no, because having the right to smoke taken away for a short amount of time is much less severe than having the right to choose a healthy life style and the right to live longer taken away for good. ...

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Extremophiles are microorganisms that can live in the most harsh environments known to man. For example, most bacteria need a suitable environment to live in, usually one with water. ... With this in mind, scientists believe that extremophiles may be living on other planets in space because these microorganisms can live in harsh environments where the essentials for life may not be present. ... And new discoveries of so called extremophiles on Earth-organisms that can live in severe environments from very cold to the very hot to the very toxic-suggest that life could exist elsewhere in the uni...

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Everyday Life In Colonial America The eighteenth century was a very interesting time in our nation's history because our nation was born through the hard work and the dedication of those who lived during those times. ... When settlers first arrived on American soil, they were mostly young men, journeying without their families, looking for a better life. ... Towns were more close knit, and normally contained different types of shops for the convenience of those who lived within the town. ... For the Iroquois, "The important events of everyday life were controlled by hunting bands mad...

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Figuring Out Life Almost as pressing as our basic need for food, our desires to resolve the questions surrounding our existence have yielded countless philosophies. ... The creation of the world, the presence of a higher being, perception, the possibility of an after-life and maybe most importantly our ultimate purpose in life, are just a few of the issues philosophers have dealt with. Undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers of all time, Plato produces a radically contrasting approach to life from Lucretius, the first of the Epicureans. ... By "mastering these passions, they wo...

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Not knowing the outcome that would follow for this critical conditioned patient made a clear picture to me that I shouldn't be worried about my appearance or what other people were thinking of me, I should just be greatful for the life I was living, that I was able to wake up everyday with a smile on my face knowing I could live a normal life. ... Thirdly, I never took the time out of my life to respect the biggest value in my life my family. ... I realised my cousin was only hanging in there for the life she wanted to share with her family and friends. ... Live life to your full and mo...

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Life of Illusion In society today, individuals view the appearance or possessions of a person as reality when in truth they are living a life full of illusions. ... In Maupassant"s short story "The Necklace," Maupassant writes about Madame Matilda Loisel, a woman who appears to live in a world of fantasy. Madame Lionel is a pretty, proud young woman who feels that the attributes of a gracious life should be hers. ... In general, the truth of ones" life can be deceiving to others. Nevertheless, some individuals tend to continuously live in a world of fantasy, so they can escape the reality ...

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Life in the Fishbowl Ministers and their families live under remarkable pressures. ... In addition to high expectations and stress a pastor's spouse endure within the church, they experience great difficulty in maintaining a healthy home life. ... However, no one would be the wiser in noticing a rocky clergy marital life because it is expected to be "perfect." ... Keeping a separation between ministry and family life is vital to maintaining a healthy clergy family relationship. ... I can remember when I was little, I felt abandoned when my father's life was too full of other th...

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How Native American culture is perceived may have changed, but to those that live on a reservation life may have not changed as much as a person might see form television. ... Erdrich and Alexie both paint reservation life as one that is not concerned with the daily hustle and bustle that is normally associated with life in a big city. The life that they describe more closely resembles one of a small town, or rural country community. ... Alexia has been criticized as portraying Indian life on reservations as demeaning. ... This is often something that a person might not be exposed to without t...

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It might seem baffling and inconsequential today but in the time he lived African Americans were still constantly reminded of slavery in their everyday life and this young poet wished he could be considered orseen as acceptable through his craft. ... Two of the most popular narratives of that era were Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave" and Harriet Jacob's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." ... These here were freed slaves who had learnt to read and write and they were using that literacy endowment to shed light on what life held for the ...

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The simpler path of life often seems to be the most challenging one for many. ... Moore describes this as, "A quality or dimension of experiencing life and ourselves. ... If we live in chaos we will most likely feel disconnected from our soul and what is sacred. ... In ancient times, people lived a joyful existence based on symbolic properties and their interconnectedness to the universe. ... "Our creativity is one of the most distinguishable traits of our species, we would not progress or live full, satisfying lives without it," (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi). ...

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The Amish Life The Amish people believe that God has called them to a life of faith, dedication, humility, and service. ... Their way of life is based on Christian morals, traditions, and customs that have lasted for generations and they follow in the footsteps of their forefathers. ... I can see their way of life and understand there reasons for seclusion. I don't agree with all of the Amish beliefs and would not want to live as part of their society. However, I look at the way of life now and I see how many of us wish life was as simple today as 30 years ago. ...

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Although the decades following the American Revolution is often times associated as an era of change, both subtle and abrupt, many things remained the same in the American daily life. ... Despite the large population, only one American in twenty lived in a place with more than 2,500 people in 1790, (this did not change much by 1840). ... " Most Americans lived in timber-framed houses, learnt from traditional English techniques. ... The most common attribute of the American daily life was that American families worked as a patriarchal unit, daily routines governed by the head male. ... L...

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Before Frankenstein becomes aware of what he is doing, a bolt of lightning strikes and his creation comes to life. ... Shelley was later sent to live with the Baxter family; her experience here described "...Mary experienced a happiness she had rarely known. ... In the novel Frankenstein, the isolation experienced by Victor Frankenstein is also a theme of Shelley's life. ... Her desire to live freely and maintain an open marriage with her husband, Percy Shelley leads to her isolation from society (Christ et al. 956). ... This is an exceedingly depressing scenario, as the monster is f...

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In Everything Flows, Vasily Grossman gives a glimpse into many different scenes of Russian life during the troubles they faced in the early 20th century. ... Undoubtedly, some of those sent to camps had lived almost equally, if not more, difficult lives outside of the barbed wire. ... " Clearly, life outside the camps for many of the unfortunate presented an even greater struggle than life behind the fences. For this man, life in the camp meant that he was fed, albeit meagerly, at regular hours. ... People were sent to camps for corresponding with family who lived abroad simply because th...

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Tobias's ideas of a family are based around the 1950's stereotype of the American family, which consisted a working father, stay at home mother, two children and a dog, who would all live in a suburban house. ... Wolff recollects these moments as a way to create an emotional connection with his audience who may be facing hardships with their family life, through this connection Wolff aims to inspire them into not giving up but to keep persevering for a better life. ... Tobias writes about these remarks to put his audience into his perspective of the family he lived in. ... Although ...

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She's especially well known for her string of powerful autobiographies depicting the rich yet tumultuous journey of her life. ... When Maya was three, her parents divorced and in during that tumultuous period, Maya and her brother, Bailey, were sent to live with their paternal grandmother, Annie Henderson in Stamps, Arkansas. ... It was when Maya returned to live with her grandmother that she discovered reading, great literature and the endless possibilities of her creativity. ... In 1940, after graduating with honors from the 8th grade, Maya moved to Oakland California as a 14-year-old t...

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