Considered by many to be one of the finest speeches ever written, Acres of Diamonds offers a multitude of lessons about the rewards of work, education, and finding the riches of life in one's own back yard.
In an era when many Americans would pack public halls to hear speeches given by the greatest citizens of their day, Russell Conwell read his world-famous lecture hundreds of times, and used the income he earned delivering it to found a small seminary to train Baptist ministers. That school soon grew into Temple University, one of the first universities to offer affordable education to working-class Americans: it stands today as the most visible example of Russell Conwell's legacy and vision
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Answer:
A
Explanation:
The answer you clicked on
Answer:
B). The Nazi killing of Jews.
Explanation:
As per the given quote from Haidar Abd El-Shafi's 'Palestinian Delegation to the Madrid Peace Conference, 1991, the speaker attributed the ignoring of his people's suffering to 'the Nazi killing the Jews'. He says that these killings inflicted years of pain and suffering to them and hence, they yearn for peace for a long time. Their very identity was being disregarded and suppressed due to this 'political expedience' that have led the Palestinians to struggle for their present existence and their rights which were subsumed by the 'inimical injustice and past tragedies'. Thus, <u>option B</u> would be the correct answer.
Vladimir seems to be the only person who undestands his father´s illness.Uncorrupted by the social world in which he grew up thanks to his father, he is capable of trying to connect with Ivan.Ivan himself can see the look in the eyes of his son, he understands Vaya´s feelings are different from the falsity of the wife and daughter.
Lisa shares her views with those of her mother.More materialistic and self- indulgent she is deeply disturbed by her father´s indisposition.When in the room where his father is lying she and her mother comment on the acting of Sarah Bernhardt,she notices her father´s disapproval and leaves the room.She has not been there to take care of his father but to fulfil a sense of duty given her position.
Tolstoy appears to support the view of the boy.Ivan has learned a lesson about the material world, and hipocrisy and the boy sympathises with the father.
