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    Then one day while he is performing his job, Equality finds an underground tunnel that originates from the Unmentionable Times, the time before collectivism where every human had the right to express themselves in any way they deemed fit. For two years after discovering the tunnel, Equality visits it every day during Social Recreation Time. He spends his time down there conducting experiments and journaling. Equality knows that what he is doing is against the law, and describes himself as a sinner for continuing to go down there, but he doesn’t stop. Every time that Equality goes down beneath the city to the tunnel, he is gaining a little bit more of individuality and confidence. It isn’t an astronomically huge change, but it is leading up to a big step forward in Equality’s progression as a…

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    Ayn Rand wants people to think that when a person loses their right to be an individual or have natural human things like family and love, life becomes meaningless to the ones taking part in it. The story portrays the suffering the citizens undergo by not being free and how they cannot understand their awful situation. Near the end of the novel it is shown that life gains meaning when people are allowed to be different and given choices to do the things they love. In Equality’s case he loves…

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    They weren’t content with Prometheus and his findings instead they were outraged, they cried, “It took fifty years to secure the approval of all the Councils for the Candle, and to decide upon the number needed, and to re-fit the Plans so as to make candles instead of torches. This touched upon thousands and thousands of men working in scores of States. We cannot alter the Plans again so soon… It must be destroyed” (Rand, 49). Their rejection causes Prometheus to flee into the forest are shortly…

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    Frances, or Francesca, was born on July 15, 1850 in S’ant Angelo Lodigiano. Her parents were Agostino Cabrini and Stella Oldini. (Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). Her family was a very nice, but poor family. Francesca was the youngest of thirteen children, but sadly only four of the children lived to be over one year old (McCabe). When Francesca was born her mother, Stella Oldini was fifty-two years old. On that day Francesca doves came to her father’s land. Her father harmed…

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    The role of the Golden One and International 4-8818 in the novella is very strange. The people in this this story live in a weird place and they call it the novella.The way that they live is men don't pay attention to women and vice versa. If I am not mistaken I think that all women work in fields and wear white tunics. There are a lot of things that are very strange in this book instead of breaking the law they call it sins. The novella is not a place that sounds happy nor exciting. Equality…

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    Phi Research Paper

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    figures, symbols and numbers. One of those numbers is Phi, an irrational number also known as the golden ratio, with an approximate value of Φ= 1.618033988749895… Phi has many applications in several fields of study, including natural science. Through this work we will explore different cases in which a relation between the number phi and God can be witnessed, hoping to call the attention of the reader towards pivotal facts that can help see God’s hands at work behind even the least of things in…

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    King Jason Research Paper

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    to get the golden fleece to get the crown, and After he started ruling a kingdom. Jason was a leader in Argonautic Expedition in getting the Golden Fleece. His Father was king Iolcus, he got all his genes from his father and hardly anything from his mother. One of the main reasons why Jason's life was a challenge was his childhood was rough. He was the son of king Iolcus, Jason was more like his father than his mother. When he born his uncle Pelias killed every sibling in his family. His…

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    Bald Eagle Research Paper

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    the numerous kinds of birds of prey. One kind of eagle is the bald eagle. The bald eagle is from the genus Haliaetus leucocephalus. The bald eagle's head, neck, and tail are white, and its body is dark brown. Its size is 30-43 inches tall, and its wingspan is 7-8 feet in length. The bald eagle usually lives around coasts, rivers, and mountains. It ranges from Alaska, Canada, to the south of the United States. It eats fish and carrion that animals have already killed. The bald eagle is the…

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    The Number Phi Logos

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    Featured in Jan Browns bestselling book, The Da Vinci code, the number phi is arguably one of the most popular numbers in existence. With it’s staggering number of names ranging from the Divine ratio to the Golden Mean, phi demonstrates incredible connections and patterns in nature prominently evident facial composition, logo design, and artwork done by the renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci . The Golden Ratio is astoundingly prominent in facial dispositions in humans, some basic examples…

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    Comparative Eschatology

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    had some stories or ideas that explained how the end of the world would occur. Going back as far as ancient mythologies, one finds some of the same themes between these mythologies and Christian beliefs. In some of the mythologies, there are similar large battles that lead to the destruction of the Earth and the…

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