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    “There is a sufficiency in the world for a man’s need, but not a man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi. In the world, one’s greed will never be satisfied and leads to extreme selfishness. Not only is this true in the world, but it is also true when speaking about a dystopian story with a corrupt government. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about how Mildred, the government and society and Montag are all examples of selfishness. Ray Bradbury first describes how Mildred is selfish in the…

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    Thomas More's Utopia and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince are two extremely distinctive and contrasting products created during the Renaissance. Both the works produced by More and Machiavelli concern themselves with the fundamental issues of how society maintains itself and continues to work regardless of what occurs. The two contrasting scholars may both focus on society but yet both authors created works with exceedingly distinctive purposes behind the products. More's Utopia can be seen as a…

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    A prince should do well if he can, but be ready to do evil if he must. Yet a prince must be careful to always act in a way that appears virtuous, for many can see you, but few know how you really are. If a ruler conquers and maintains his state, everyone will praise him, judging his actions by their outcome. The prince should avoid being despised and hated; taking the property or the women of his subjects will make him hated. Being frivolous, indecisive, and effeminate will make him despised.…

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    The first step in learning to adapt to change will be accepting life changes are mandatory. You are now Twenty years old, you are no longer a little boy. You have completed a year of community college and, have come to the conclusion that college is not what you want to do. Your parents have raised to be the best man you can be and, now all they can do is watch you have a successful Military Career. You are now on your on and responsible for yourself. From this point on you will pay your own…

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    his book The Prince, Machiavelli lends advice on how to be an effective political leader. He begins by describing different ways a man, or in this case a prince, can establish and maintain a state: through “fortune” (28), “prowess” (28), or “nefarious method[s]” (28). Machiavelli defines “fortune” (28) as a mixture of luck and chance while prowess consists of the ability to do what is necessary, even if it is deemed unethical or untraditional. On the other end of the spectrum, a prince who uses…

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    in to announce the change, the leader must be upfront with the people and let them know what is occurring. In 2015, the department and the city council did a survey to see if the department had adequate police personnel. The study looked at many things such as the amount of calls for service, the number of officers working each shift, the number of events, and the schedule the officers were working. In reality, the survey was a gamble for the department because there were three possible…

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    For my Service-Learning I went to School on Wheels. At first I was doubtful in light of the fact that I wasn 't certain what a state funded school in the city school would have been similar to, not to mention a program that objectives understudies that are destitute. However that is additionally the motivation behind why I did my administration learning hours with School on Wheels. I needed to reach outside my usual range of familiarity and get encounter working in a more assorted environment.…

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    The statements of the nobility in 1760 and 1860, in supplications, reflect an overall shift in the way that the Russian public regarded the monarch. In 1760, the position of the monarch was regarded with a sense of superiority, where all respect was directed. The monarch’s power was unquestioned and their judgment was seen as most informed, only allocating indirect power to provincial personnel or hand selected advisors. In the 1860s, after the state building of Catherine the Great which further…

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    They said college would be a time to explore new things. How would someone explore new things when they don’t even have the time to do so. College occupies one from day to night. College brings stress to which one feels overwhelmed. College separates you to being on your own. Limited personal time, stress, and being separated has made me change my priorities in many ways. It has made me realize the value of personal time, relationships, and independence. College consisting of having to balance…

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    Eerie Dragoness was not born to be a Saint she was too self-serving. She was born to a poor peasant family around 217A.D. In her early life her parents noticed she was different. Eerie was intelligent beyond her time, and preferred to spend time alone. Eerie’s family found her and the experiments she did to be rather peculiar. To Eerie they were not peculiar, but were experiments to enhance their lives. Unsupervised during her youth, Eerie spent her time in the neighboring village. They had a…

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