... all of these factors contribute to beauty, but beauty in its purest form is found in the heart, mind, and soul. Judging someone solely on looks is superficial. That would be comparable to judging a book by its cover before you even read what it is about. External imperfections, such as a birthmark, should not detract from ... temporary, finite, and flawed. The only way for Georgiana to achieve perfection would be to experience toil and pain. In his destructive pride, Aylmer is convinced that his mastery of science will enable him to remove the imperfect birthmark. With much persuasion, h...

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... of its efforts to the cause of defeating society and the conformity it requires. When there is absolutely no basis for an institution or action, yet everyone pays attention and sacrifices their beliefs for it, that is conformity cause by society. This is what Thoreau found to be so repulsive about America and the society it was harboring. A lack of conformity means giving up the ... obsession with what others may think of you, your beliefs, or your actions. "What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think" (Emerson, Self-Reliance, 247). When ... discussed with a tran...

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