Death of a Naturalist

(Walcutt 1). Walcutt feels that Henry is joining the war effort for self-absorbing reasons. Henry likes to think he possesses “...war ardor and patriotism” but in truth, he is only fascinated with the idea, the romanticism, of dying a warrior's’ death in the battlefield (Crane 5). However, once Henry finally reaches the warzone, his inner fears begin to resonate. He wonders whether “...he will run or stand...and dare confide his fears with the other men…” because he lacks experience in the…

is not oft remembered but deserves to be, as he coined the term ‘civil disobedience,’ Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau trademarked the usage of the phrase ‘civil disobedience’ in his essay of the same title. He was an avid abolitionist, tax resistor, naturalist, and an essential Transcendentalist. Thoreau was the original political delinquent. His works echo in the actions of every political party around the globe, and his impact is immeasurable.…

Despite ridicule from naturalists and secularists, the Bible has foretold scientific and historical facts before mankind had any idea of them. Evangelist Kirk Cameron and evangelist Ray Comfort teach about the authority of scripture by revealing scientific facts in the Bible that…

work because tetrodotoxin blocks out nerve cell communication. Besides medical research, one of the reason why people choose to buy them as an exotic pet to keep in their home aquarium is because they lack an ink sac unlike other octopuses. Even naturalists and underwater photographers love to look and photograph them underwater. Locomotion: There are several ways that the blue-ringed octopus travels. Using their arms, the blue-ringed octopus can crawl along the…

In 2010, New Hampshire lost 11 Common Loons to lead poisoning. Knowing the deaths would be detrimental to a severely threatened population, an investigation of dead loons, collected from 1989 to 2010, was carried out by the Loon Preservation Committee, Dr. Mark Pokras of Tufts University, and Tiffany Grade, a graduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Necropsies and tissue samples showed lead poisoning was responsible for nearly half of all the dead birds examined. Despite…

Unfortunately for these women, Aristotle discovered that women could conceive without reaching orgasm. His discovery also set scientific observation back when he also rejected the idea that women produced sperm. Aristotle was not a doctor, he was a naturalist and it’s amazing to read how accurate he was on his findings about the female body. One thing for certain, he still measured a woman by a man’s body calling their bodies lacking of sort, incomplete, inferior and weaker. The article…

Transcendentalism is a very formal word that describes a very simple idea. People, men and women equally, have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that "transcends" or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch or feel. This knowledge comes through intuition and imagination not through logic or the senses. People can trust themselves to be their own authority on what is right. A transcendentalist is a person who accepts these ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of…

The Founding Fathers are revered by Americans for their bravery, patriotism, political genius, and leadership. However, there is another aspect of these mens’ lives worth admiring. Many of the Founding Fathers did not consider themselves heroes or politicians. They viewed themselves as farmers, stewards of the land. Their belief in America as an agrarian society shaped the way that our country was organized. An analysis of Andrea Wulf’s book, “Founding Gardeners”, shows the significant influence…

It was well known, many immigrants faced great distress and even death to get to the United States, the land of the free. Really, if you think about long enough, it becomes clear, despite the hard trip, for over a century German immigrated by the hundreds of thousands comes to the United States to give their family a…

McKenzie Roberts Mrs. White 12B English Research Paper First Draft 3 November 2017 The Rights or the Wrongs “The world us a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing,” Albert Einstein. Animal cruelty is defined by purposely causing harm to an animal. Entertainment and sports like horse racing, dogfighting and circuses are considered to be animal cruelty by Animal Rights activists. Others believe if an animal is treated humanely, it is…