Death of a Naturalist

For the next twenty years he spent his time managing the gardens, conducting occasional lectures, and exploring several times, notably in Morocco. As his health declined he resigned from Kew garden though he continued his scientific work until his death in 1911. Thomas Robert Malthus was born in Guildford, England in 1766 to a wealthy family. His father had him home schooled until he grew old enough to attend Jesus College in Cambridge where he studied a diverse field of topics. He graduated and…

The battle between Good and Evil is never-ending. This pointless and unquenchable clamor came to fruition mere seconds before the forbidden fruit was picked off the calamitous tree. Writers from all walks of life have taken the liberty of exemplifying this redundant storyline through the fruits of their imagination, immortalizing the endless battle. Whether this is illustrated through the townspeople and an unruly king, peasants and the aristocrats, or even a nation against omnipotent deities,…

mid-nineteenth century, however, brought a new style of literature known as Naturalism into popularity (“English”). Naturalism rejects the ideas of divine intervention and instead focuses on scientific observation of life (“Naturalism”). Consequently, many naturalist writers based the plotlines of their works upon events from their own lives. One such author, Stephen Crane, based “The Open Boat” after his experience of the sinking of the SS…

deceptively simple three stanza poem, made up of four quatrains. The first two stanzas follow a classic rhythmic ABCB scheme, but this is broken in the final stanza. This deprivation of rhythm and the bleak vocabulary “graves” “tomb-stones” emphasises the death and decay taken over by the authoritative churches, a contrast to the once beautiful “green” where “sweet flowers” used to “bore” in the first two…

had a huge impact on everyone as the public became aware of the effects and also the strong opposition which Carson faced made the problem become more exposed. Rachael Carson started writing the book after her friend Olga Owens Huckins noticed the death of birds…

are in favor of practicing a religion is measured to strive to be perfect. However, it has said that the development of religion that leads from the thoughts of death. Also, all religions attempt to give answers to basic questions such as from, how the world evolved? What is the true terms and meaning of human life? What happens after death and where…

Commandments infers commander, which infers something or someone of power, ie. God. If morality is, however, instinctive then the need for God isn’t pertinent. In a naturalist view, right and wrong are determined on the basis of hurting another person. Wrong action being simply if another person is hurt, or in other terms, if you get in the way of someone living a happy, healthy life then you have done wrong. The view…

doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well”. Theodore Roosevelt was an American politician, writer, naturalist, and soldier. Born in 1858, he became governor of New York in 1899, fought in the Spanish-American war in 1898, and became president after William McKinley died in 1901. He ordered the construction of the Panama Canal, created the forest…

Being that many kings would own a massive amount of land, they would hire the game wardens to watch over and protect it from the poachers; if caught, it was likely that the poachers would be sentenced to death. In Germany, game wardens, referred to as jagermeisters, were very similar to the game wardens found in England; however, rather than just watching over the land and catching poachers, these game wardens from Germany also took charge over the trails…

Have you or someone you know ever had surgery? Something as simple as a broken arm or something more complex, like open-heart surgery? If so, your life has been directly impacted by the life of Andreas Vesalius. Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1514. His grandfather and great-grandfather were both physicians and his father was a pharmacist. He found a love for anatomy at an early age, and started his medical studies at age sixteen. He studied under, then assisted, Jacob Sylvius,…