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    Fuller's dad remarried and did not give any money to help his first spouse and her two kids, Fuller's mom gave piano lessons to acquire cash for her kids. When he was 16 years of age, Fuller entered Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1853. He was a good reader and a productive artist. His scholarly interests stayed with him all through his later lawful profession. Fuller practiced law in a law office in Bangor, Maine, at that point he went to addresses at Harvard Law School

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    Colorado. Condoleezza went on to graduate the school at 16. Condoleezza enrolled at the University of Denver majored in Music, and after her sophomore year, she went to the Aspen Music Festival and School. By 19 Condoleezza was inducted in the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was awarded a BA in Political Science at the University of Denver. She later obtained a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Motivation to

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    study physics, but soon returned to his love of computers and graduated summa cum laude, with two degrees of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. While at Princeton University, he was elected to the honor societies Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta me. He also served as president of Princeton chapter for students to explore and develop space. In 30 years, he began to see the Internet revolution taking place, and made the decision to leave his job and start an Internet

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    a country whom you should trust; but what would you do if you realized, or learn, that the United States was not always as powerful as it is now. Would you believe such a thing? Or will you be as supportive as the rest of the various echelons of society and believe it has always been this almighty powerful being or country that has always being feared and admired by the rest. If you went ahead and chose the second option, you took the wrong decision. Would you believe that the United States lived

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a speech to the men of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge University entitled “The American Scholar” in 1837. The speech focused on the main ideas of transcendentalism as well as how different factors in society affect man’s ability to realize that they are their own individuals. Harold Bloom, a well known literary critic who evaluated topics such as the bible and Shakespeare, believed that Emerson’s writing was the template for all future authors. Bloom believed that

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    such would you choose to pledge? or not not to pledge? Why yes and why not? Apparently, everyone have their own perspective when it comes to fraternities. However, originally, fraternities or fraternal organizations were meant to be an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood. They must be dedicated to the intellectual, physical, moral, religious, and social development of its members. There are many attributes that fraternities may or may not

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    Romanticism can be defined through transcendentalism, nature, social reform, individualism/non-conformity, self-reliance, and intuition. The literary movement known as American Romanticism can be traced back to when Ralph Waldo Emerson addressed the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard in his work known as The American Scholar. During this time, Romanticism in America was becoming one of the most desired forms of literature. The most important influence, as Emerson stated in The American Scholar, on the mind is

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    Dreams don't come true (on their own/by themselves whichever you want) no matter how much you want them to. It depends on what choices we do and don’t make that help us strive towards our longings- unless we are controlled by fate, being played by another source of power. Unless, we are all controlled by fate, playing out the part in our lives that had been pre-organized for us. The unit selections Into the Wild, a biographical novel by Jon Krakauer, and the drama Macbeth by William Shakespeare both

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    Chris McCandless is a role model in showing that anyone can take control of their lives and start a new adventure whenever, since the world is open to everything and anyone. To specify, he was able to leave his life behind, making decisions most of society couldn't even imagine making; he shows what can be achieved in life. Individuals are able to control what they are given and earn. People strive for the things they long for and they go on and about making conscious decisions that affect life. Therefore

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    Julia Mitri English 31 Novick 18 September 2011 Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The American Scholar” Post- Reading Response In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1837 address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard, called “The American Scholar”, he makes clear his thoughts and ideas on the European cultural and cerebral influence on America. Emerson wanted to get across that American scholars needed to create their own independent American literature and academic world, separate from European history. Emerson

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