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…afraid, one keeps himself away from danger. The universe is still a great mystery to everyone, and much of life is taken up with dealing with this mystery. Living your life in an environment, which you know nothing about. But Taoists take a different approach…

…is written is merely fluid prejudice." There are many other instances in which Clemens uses prejudice as a foundation for the entertainment of his writings such as this quote he said about foreigners in The Innocents Abroad: "They spell it Vinci and pronounce…

…. Then- in my childhood, in the dawn Of a most stormy life- was drawn From every depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still: This loneliness that he describes may stem from the loss of his mother. It may convey the feelings of of desertion Poe has…

…AD, and the last period begins in the year 700 AD and ends in 1550. The Poverty Point Culture and the Hopwellian period remain mysterious, but researchers were able to gather a relatively large, however wanting, amount of information from…

…us when to eat, when to sleep, and how long to do things for. If time were based on these simple terms, then this mysterious enigma would not be in debate. There are the issues of space and time; what is the relationship of the two? Is time…

…and different. In Wheeler’s adaptation she gives away the mystery of the stall with little or no thought expended by the audience. When the boy asks what’s inside the stall, Vickers smiles and says “Nothing you’d be interested in.” Also, later in the evening when…

…wrote his father requesting his notes be sent to him. Using these notes along with his amazing memory he told his story to a fellow prisoner and professional storyteller named Rustico da Pisa. Da Pisa wrote down Marco's story and following Marco's release…

…as Sodomite". Sodomie wird, nach einer Stelle im Alten Testament, als die ,,wiedernatürliche Betätigung mit den Angehörigen des gleichen Geschlechts" definiert. Doch es war keine Beleidigung in dem Sinne, da der Marquess nur…

…). The retired general of the venetian land forces, Erasmo da Narmi, died of a stroke. In his will he left instruction for a monument to be built in his memory. The Venetian Senate gave official orders to build the monument in the soldier’s memory. The full…

…art origins are traced back to Jacopo Bellini (1400-1470). Known as one of the most influential gothic painters of his time, Bellini has established himself as one of the most successful Italian painters. He was trained by Gentile da Fabriano, the most…