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...tive on the larger context, continually understanding things better. It is a state of mind that is in a constant, continual unending state of Learn... .......................................................................... 80 Re-statement ................................................................ .... Cause and Effect can also be defined by Newton’s Third Law of Motion which states: “For every action: there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ... ... is a 3-dimensional Medium, a Medium which is composed of 3 Dimensions. Take diamonds as an example: even though they are the hardest solid substa... ...ds as an example: even though they are the hardest solid substance on earth, diamonds are a Medium also. They are transparent, and allow light to ... ... at such a root level that human awareness becomes literally insane. Why is diamond cutting the most sacred of all uses of human tools? Why are je... ...s everywhere in mass culture. Surfers, basketball players, skate boarders and roller-bladers waste years of their life trying to perfect challenging... ...se an artist’s fine-point 1/16th inch brush to paint a wall instead of using a roller. Imagine a bystander commenting that he is taking too long to ... ... I don’t have any authority to change my artist’s brush and replace it with a roller. I’ve tried to make suggestions and they ignore them every time...

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...OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Our Mutual Friend by Charles ... ... Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without... ...e, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with ... ..., ‘though you have no feeling for me, pa, I am one of the most unfortunate girls that ever lived. You know how poor we are’ (it is probable he did, ha... ... a diffident gentleman, and I should say particularly so in the society of girls of your age.’ ‘Nonsense, our age!’ cried Bella, impatiently. ‘What’s ... ..., however, towards the ‘shops’ where cunning artificers work in pearls and diamonds and gold and silver, making their hands so rich, that the enriched... ...out among the company , emit- ting flashes of many-coloured lightning from diamonds, em- eralds, and rubies. 121 Charles Dickens The Analytical, in c... ...y are only damp earth. A taunting roar comes from the sea, and the far-out rollers mount upon one another, to look at the entrapped impostors, and to ... ... heads. The room was clean and neat. It had a brick floor, and a window of diamond panes, and a flounce hanging below the chim- ney-piece, and strings...

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...ons 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disappearance 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming 30. The Word of a Gentleman 31. Spirit 32. More Fortune-Telling...

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...ISH SAILOR, 40 -- CHAPTER XIV ? SANTA BARBARA?HIDE-DROGHING?HARBOR -- DUTIES?DISCONTENT?SAN PEDRO, 46 -- CHAPTER XV ? A FLOGGING?A NIGHT ON SHORE?THE STATE OF THINGS ON -- BOARD?SAN DIEGO, 52 -- CHAPTER XVI ? LIBERTY-DAY ON SHORE, 59 -- CHAPTER XVII ? SAN DIEGO?A DESERTION?SAN PEDRO AGAIN?BEATING UP -- COAST, 63 -- CHAPTER XVIII ? EASTER SUNDAY???SAIL HO!???WHALES?SAN -- J...

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...6 DUTIES—DISCONTENT—SAN PEDRO CHAPTER XV — A FLOGGING—A NIGHT ON SHORE—THE STATE OF THINGS ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 BOARD—SAN DIEGO . ... ...rength enough to hold on to anything, and it was ‘‘pitch dark.’’ This was my state when I was ordered aloft, for the first time, to reef topsails. ... ... was good for us to be in motion. Yet anything was better than the horrible state of things below. I remember very well going to the hatchway and p... ...open forehead; and his eyes he might have sold to a duchess at the price of diamonds, for their brilliancy. As for their color, they were like the ... ... old ones sat down in a ring, looking on, while the young ones—men, boys and girls—were chasing the ball, and throwing it with all their might. Some ... ...ls—were chasing the ball, and throwing it with all their might. Some of the girls ran like greyhounds. At every accident, or remarkable feat, the ... ...ere I was no less aston- ished; for I found a large room, filled with young girls, from three or four years of age up to fifteen and sixteen, dressed... ...t did when I left it five months before: the long sand beach, with the heavy rollers, breaking upon it in a continual roar, and the little town, im...