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The Modern World

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Is it not silly to assume there is one intangible object in this life that everyone thirsts to grasp, and yet refuses to see how important it is? This element continues to be simply, knowledge. As an impressive human species we believe knowledge is the key to life. This is why throughout history so many have attempted to eradicate this fortunate part of our life. The Babylonians sabotaged the library of Assurbanipal in Nineveh, which was the first and finest known library of the ancient world, and it held the Epic of Gilgamesh as well as countless alternative tablets that may have occupied the answers to today’s conflicts. Another example confirming knowledge is everything is when Adolf Hitler threw books into the scorching fire to destroy the works of Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, and unfortunately countless others to try to rid the people of Germany of the ultimate power, knowledge. If various examples throughout history validate that knowledge is the explanation for existing, to such an extent that various members of society would attempt to eliminate it, then why do we not recognize that knowledge and education is important. I perceive that knowledge is a resource that the world takes for granted. I know that our education is one of the most important tools that we will ever possess, and this can be proven in the way it affects us today, and not only tomorrow, but for our future as well.

Firstly, how does one exist without knowledge? An empty

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