WeLcome !!! .. We belong to a class that is Enthusiastic about working and Learning together. We Care for One another and Make sure that Everyone feels important !! . . This bLog is just simpLe yet I beLieve it can be usefuL.. Hope you enjoy every singLe post here!! ^_~ .. .
Linggo, Nobyembre 27, 2011
---->>> . just take time . .
TAKE TIME
Take time to Work, it is the price of Success.
Take time to Think, it is the source of Power.
Take time to Play, it is the secret of Perpetual Youth.
Take time to Read, it is the Fountain of Wisdom.
Take time to Worship, it is the Highway to Reverence.
Take time to be Friendly, it is the Road to Happiness.
Take time to Laugh, it is the Music of the Soul.
Take time to Dream, it is hitching your wagon to a Star.
Take time to Live!
---->>> A weLcome address made by my sister Jovie . .
Welcome Address
My courtesy
to our distinguish guests, our honorable Schools Division Superintendent,
Madame Estrella C. Lariosa CESO V, our very district supervisor, Mr. Vicson C.
Oliverio, to our very supportive school principal, Mr. Pergentino V. Logronio,
to our enthusiastic educators, supportive parents, my fellow graduates, ladies
and gentlemen magandang Gensan to us
all!
Today
marks a new beginning which signals the first changing of our elementary
grades, the start of new hopes and aspirations for each and everyone is
celebrating triumphs for education. To
our teachers and beloved parents for their efforts at nurturing and educating
each young boy and girl, surely your teaching will lead to the promise of a better
life. Our stay in this school is indeed
worth recalling! We shall always
remember that bygone days sweetened with your love and care for us.
And
so today, let us all join together to witness the success of our batch as we
march and accept our diploma as a living proof of new victory. To all of you, a very pleasant day and
Godspeed! I bid you all welcome!
---->>> Sample Term Paper (English 2) . .
Smoking:
It’s Cause and Effect
By:
Queenie
Rose E. Balitaan
English
2 – 29
Professor
Salvacion Santander
March
17, 2011
Outline
Thesis Statement:
Smoking
is a habit that is caused by advertisements, curiosity, peer pressure, and even
becomes an individual’s way to feel a sense of relaxation. If not prevented, it
may result into harmful effects such as illnesses including lung cancer,
emphysema, the so called smoker’s cough and a lot more.
I. Background and Definition
II. Causes
A. Advertisements
B. Curiosity
C. Peer Pressure
D. Sense of Relaxation
III. Effects
A. Occurrence of Diseases
1)
Lung Cancer
2)
Emphysema
3)
Smoker’s Cough
B. Endangers Sex Life
C. Can Cause Wrinkles
IV. How to Quit Smoking
V. Conclusion
Smoking:
It’s Cause and Effect
Smoking, whether in teenagers or in
adults have worsen over the centuries. It is so widespread and gaining momentum
throughout the world. Indeed, cigarettes have been part of people’s lifestyle.
For most, nothing is more enjoyable and pleasurable when you puff your favorite
cigarette. The cool taste of menthol cigarette is a sensation that is enjoyed
everywhere.
Smoking is a habit difficult to
break because it is based on such psychological factor as oral gratification
and such social factors as imitation of the smoking patterns of parents or
friends (New Standard Encyclopedia 1987). Also, smoking is hard habit to break,
because tobacco contains nicotine, which is highly addictive. Like heroine or
other addictive drugs, the body and mind quickly become so used to the nicotine
in cigarettes that a person needs to have it just to feel normal.
Smoking is so widespread and
gaining momentum throughout the world. Here in the Philippines, more than
seventy percent (70%) of the populace smoke. A Department of Health (DOH) study
showed that Filipino children start smoking at an early age of seven with a
member of the family as an influence. The Philippines ranks one of the highest
in the world with the number of people who smoke. It is estimated that twenty
three percent (23%) of our youth smoke. According to studies, Filipinos start
to smoke at the age of 14 to 17, a few even as early as nine. Most reasons
taking up for smoking are curiosity, and a negative self-perception, which
results into a strong desire to fit in. Aside from that, early use was
associated with the feeling of grown up and the idea that others
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do it together with early exposure from various
sources like the media, the home environment and community.
Smokers are given warnings every
now and then about the dangers of smoking. But because of unfortunate
individuals who do not get adequate education and are also bombarded with a lot
of cigarette advertisements, the health campaigns are obviously by any means
not sufficient. The big problem about tobacco is that it is a powerfully
addicting habit. Meaning, people see it hard to quit smoking though they
already knew about its hazards.
Why can’t they quit? One very clear
reason is because they are captivated by advertisements which make them crave
to smoke. According to the recent study, at the stage where children are in
their preteen, seeing adults smoking is just a normal thing. This wrong outlook
sprouted because of advertisements that use adults as smokers (Bonson 17). The fact that tobacco companies target the
youth market is because they need teen smokers to survive. John Peirce, a
researcher at the University of California worked on a study about the link
between cigarette smoking and advertising. He warns, “After 30 years of
sustained education about the health effects of smoking, adolescents are the
only group that continues to take up smoking in significant numbers” (Bonson 17).
While several European states control or
even forbid the advertising and promotion of cigarettes, many Third World
countries widely use it to give a perception that cigarette smoking is a mark
of the sophisticated and relaxing way of living which is held to be the
hallmark of progress (Ball 4-5). In Japan, tobacco companies use macho males,
sport’s
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men and even sexy ladies as pictures in their
subways and billboards to promote their product (McIntyre 20). Aside from
advertisements, curiosity is also the people’s reason for smoking, especially
for teens. Teenagers do find the things around them as interesting as ever. Consider
the sixteen year old Nick Reed, a son of a doctor and a nurse. Reed admits to
be curious about cigars. “I just wanted to figure out why people like this so
much,” he says (Klein 53). In a Health and Home article written by Evangeline
C. Rubio, interviewing some public officials about their opinion at smoking,
Mr. Jose A. Romansata, an Executive Director of Gintong Alay stated, “I tried,
with curiosity taking the better of me as a teenager, to try smoking to see how
it was and what it was that seemed enjoyable to other people” (16). Truly, adults
play an important role when it’s about the children’s view in life.
Yes, growing up has never been
easy. For girls, peer pressure and expectations are everywhere. And as
teenagers, friends’ opinion and advice are what they think are important. Thus,
for some, cigarettes seem almost inevitable. Almay Scott’s article in Women’s
Journal notes that fifteen-year old Kate has been smoking since 11. Her parents
are not around, so she could pretty much do as she pleased. Her friends smoked.
Kate was just doing it, to do it. It’s the same story for 18-year old Amy, who
lives just down the road from Kate. She, too, started smoking because everyone
else did (20). Being young people, the offer of puff is tempting and daring and
it could all start with a cigarette stick shared by peers. It can hook an
individual without knowing that it would take a lifetime to kick the smoking
habit (Buenaventura 35). Just think about how many
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young people smoke just because they want to be
accepted, to be one of the gang, to feel grown up, to feel important. Think
about it.
Another reason is the search for a sense
of relaxation. People smoke because the experience of smoking is intoxicating.
This experience of minor intoxication is so important that it lies at the base
of wide appeal that smoking has for human beings. For some girls, they considered
smoking to be the solution of their anxiety. They light up in an attempt to
calm their nerves, to help them relieve anxieties they feel in social
situations (qtd. in Scott 20). Others think that if they have been working
hard, it freshen them up. If they don’t think so well enough, when they smoke,
it seems something comes on to them. Because smoking lessens tension, relaxes
and helps express ideas (Rubio 16). Since it can be done in private, smokers
tend to link the experience of smoking with other private and pleasurable
sensations. They like a cigarette after meals, a smoke along with a drink, a
smoke with coffee and a smoke while resting. They considered smoking as an
inward wonder that needs to be enjoyed (Lake 23). Most smokers have already
learned and knew about the danger of smoking but they still claim that smoking
is fun, it relaxes and calms nerves. They are enjoying puffing so much without
minding its effects on their health.
Would someone choose to be in an
accident? To fall and break a bone? To develop a serious infection? If it’s not
because of him/her, it wouldn’t happen. But unfortunately, they’ve little
control over most of them. That isn’t the case with one of the world’s
deadliest diseases—Lung Cancer. Lung cancer kills more than one million
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people worldwide each year. In accordance with a
1964 detail ensued by the US Surgeon General’s office, the relationship between
smoking and lung cancer was verified. It is said that smoking is responsible
for 85 to 90 percent of lung cancers. But no matter what age an individual is,
he/she can lessen the risk by quitting (The Mayo Clinic 14). In Japan, deaths
from lung cancer are soaring and smoking is considered as an epidemic that
Japanese people just can’t ignore anymore (qtd. in McIntyre 21). In Western
countries, smoking has become the major cause of very high death rates from
lung cancer and other respiratory diseases. For example, the story of a 34 year
old truck driver who had smoked 40 cigarettes a day for many years. When he
coughed up some blood, he was diagnosed as a cancer patient. He died leaving
his wife and five children in misery (Ball 4). Lung cancer kills over 36,000
men and women each year in the United Kingdom and nearly one half of this are
of working age. Furthermore, emphysema, a respiratory disease, is also one of
the cigarette-induced diseases. According to Holland and Mathews, emphysema
causes more deaths and illness than lung cancer. In England and Wales,
emphysema were responsible for 1 in 20 male deaths and 1 in 50 female deaths
during the year 1977 (22). In America, emphysema kills about 35,000 Americans
each year. Autopsy studies suggest most smokers develop emphysema and many have
lost 30, 40, or even 50 percent of their lungs without feeling ill—a suicide in
slow motion (Adams 10). A Lung affected by emphysema with a destroyed air sac
walls make breathing extremely difficult (The Mayo Clinic 15). In addition, another
major illness caused by smoking is the so called smoker’s cough. From the earliest
days, Dan remembered a neighbor named Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins was nice
especially to the kids who loved to play in his
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backyard. But one thing wrong about Mr. Jenkins is
that, he was always coughing, deep and heavy. Usually, after his coughing
moment, he’d smile on the kids and say, “smoker’s cough” (Bonson 16). Studies
showed that almost those who smoke are having difficulty breathing and do
develop a smoker’s cough. Ella V. Buenaventura stated that after several years
of puffing, one starts to have constant throat irritations and coughing (35).
Moreover, could it be possible that
smoking has something to do with ones sex life? If a man can’t perform sexually
the way he did, the problem may be the cigarette he’s holding. The link between
impotence and cigarette use was first suspected when medical researchers
noticed that most men who have impotence caused by vascular problems were
smokers. By age 50, more than 25 percent of male rarely or never achieve
satisfactory erection. Based on studies, the extreme irony for America’s more
than 25 million male smokers is that, smoking can increase the risk of
impotence (Reuben 57). Smoking isn’t only the cause of impotence, of course.
But it really plays a big part when it’s about the sex life. Another surprising
effect of smoking is that facial wrinkling. For teenagers, especially for girls,
physical appearance means a lot. Be thin. Fit in. Have a boyfriend. This are
what, for them, important (Scott 20). Does smoking really cause facial
wrinkling? Yes, it does. A group of researchers in California looked at facial
wrinkling and they found out that the risk of wrinkling in male smokers was 2.3
times that of males who never smoke. With women, the risk is 3.1 times.
According to studies, wrinkling may be due to the drying or irritating effect
of cigarette smoke in the skin. But it is not included as one of the deadliest
diseases, researchers just want to show that
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maybe because of wrinkling, they can encourage
people not to smoke or better still, not to start smoking (Alter 53).
Smoking is really a hazardous,
tempting and a hard to quit habit. But all those cigarette-induced illnesses
could be prevented if people simply stop smoking. Smokers couldn’t resist the
urge to smoke because they already became used to it. But they are nowadays
finding ways just to kick this dangerous entertainment. However, after days of
resistance, they can find themselves coming back again. Until finally, after
years of study, Dr. Linda Ferry’s research in smoking gained an outstanding
recognition. A secured medication was discovered by her that was called as
bupropion, an antidepressant that is capable of controlling the cause of
nicotine on the brain. She said that using bupropion as a tool to stop smoking
is the first that was approved by FDA and it is nonaddicting (Gallagher 10).
Aside from taking medication, there are other ways to quit smoking. Such as
follows: motivate oneself not to smoke, pick a quit date—a date which is something
important that will help encourage oneself to stop; use inhalers—these release
nicotine through the mouth and help stop the urge of smoking; take a gum but
never chew it, just place the gum between tooth and cheeks so the nicotine is
absorbed through the linings of the mouth; counseling, it is one of the best way
to quit because this method helps to understand the nature of addiction and
supports managing withdrawal (Naidu 122-125).
Quitting is not just quitting. It
payoffs a sense of victory, increased-self esteem, pleasant breath, better
tasting food, increased endurance, improved health and energy, a
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feeling of well-being and a freedom from an
inconvenient, unpopular, costly habit. Quitting may also open the way to more
job opportunities (Ludington and Diehl 6).
Based on the data gathered, it was
concluded that too much smoking results into harmful health effects in human
beings. Smokers do only need stop to think to realize how bad and dangerous
smoking is. It can kill more than a million innocent lives of ignorant people each
year (Lake 24). But behind the fact, smokers just let this words enter the
other side of their ears and go out to the other. Without them knowing that
effects of smoking can be prevented earlier just by the help of an open mind
and willing to learn personality.
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Works Cited
Aileen Ludington and Hans Diehl. “Deadliest Drug in
the World.” Health and Home 69
(May-June 2002): 6
Alter, Jonathan. “Does Smoking Cause Facial
Wrinkling?” Newsweek (June 30, 1997):
53
Bonson, Jonathan. “Rebuff the Puff and End the
Cough.” Health and Home 44 (May-
June 2003): 16-17.
Buenaventura, Ella V. “I was a Human Chimney.”
Family Today 4 (May-Sept. 2001): 35.
Gallagher, Jonathan. “New Hope for Smokers.” Health
and Home (March-April 1999):
10-11.
Klein, Alec. “The Truth About Cigars.” Reader’s
Digest 72 March 1999: 53-58.
Lake, Richard. “Pleasure, Real or Imagined?” Health
and Home
McIntyre, Ronald. “No Warning.” Time Magazine
156 October 9, 2000: 20-22.
Naidu, Lalitha. “I Want to Quit…Smoking.” Reader’s
Digest February 2009: 121-125.
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New Standard Encyclopedia. New York: Standard
Education Corporation, 1987
Reuben, David M.D. “Warning: Smoking Endangers Your
Sex Life.” Reader’s Digest
June 1988: 57-58.
Rubio, Evangeline C. “What Smoking Does.” Health and
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Scott, Almay. “Lighting up to Calm Down?” Women’s
Journal 29 (Sept. 29, 2001): 20-
21.
The Mayo Clinic. “Your Risky Role in Lung Cancer.”
Health and Home 38 (May-June
1997): 14-15
W. W. Holland and Helen Mathews. “Smoking Versus the
Lung.” Health and Home 21
(August 1980): 22-23
---->>> My own poem . .
“Night Air”
(Ainee)
After the sun’s warm light
Here comes the moon in a cold night
And stars shine bright up there
With a cold, fresh, freezing night air
A night air that makes the birds sing
Which compel tree’s leaves to dance and swing
And within the breeze comes the spring
Of joy that refreshes a person’s being
A night air that whispers a promise
A promise of another night’s new bliss
It is an oath that no one should miss
For with it is a heart-felt kiss
A night air that calms one heart
And assures that it will never part
Together with the silence of the night
It vows to make the darkness shine as white!
Martes, Nobyembre 22, 2011
---->>> My own poem . .
“Unappreciated”
(Ainee)
She’s just a girl of today
That looks very happy and gay
But beneath the smile that she conveys
Is a heart that cries in a hideous way
Everyone seems disappointed
And all finds her uninterested
It hurts but she tries not to show it
She hides every pain even just a bit
There are times that she wants to scream
And thinks that she can never reach that realm
Of true happiness even just a gleam
For it seems unreachable and stays only a dream
Those teary-lonely eyes shout with pain
And her every tear flows like a pouring rain
There’s something that she wants to say
But she can never really tell it anyway
Her heart is aching that much
And she feels unappreciated, she really does
Well, wondering why I know such?
It’s because I’m the girl in the story that needs to be catch!
---->>> A Comparative essay of Nicolaus Copernicus and Mahatma Gandhi (revision) . .
Doctrine of Divine Fires
“Life is a constant change”—this adage which is rich in meaning is often heard when it’s about living. Indeed, the continuing process of change is the fundamental feature of our life and the universe. As the world is changing too fast, it is necessary to understand the rapid development of the world we are living in. However, to change what was the world used to believe in is a reckless thing. But for some instances, changing what was only believed as it is, can somehow, bring new idealism and great realization to humankind. And that was what Copernicus and Gandhi did. In fact, many individuals were able to allure the nation with their unusual world-changing contribution. But then again, of all discoveries and opinions, none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Nicolaus Copernicus and Mohandas K. Gandhi—two prominent men, who stood for their beliefs and who shared their discoveries and understandings to humanity.
Nicolaus Copernicus changed how educated man viewed the world by putting an end to the long-acquired Ptolemaic belief that the Earth was the center of the universe. His discovery was a firm study that even Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton embraced the theory. Though Copernicus did not directly stated that the Sun was the center of the universe, his emphasis over his observations was more than enough to understand what he’s really pointing out. But since the Church at that time believed that the Ptolemaic belief was the gospel truth, Copernicus long hesitated to announce his theory because he feared of being labeled heretic. But to some extent, his discovery played a big part for the fundamental development of the world that even after his death, it served as an inspiration to other astronomers and scientists, which led for the Copernican theory to be published worldwide. Thus, his theory opened the eyes of the world and it made millions of people realized that everything’s not always what they seem, like the teachings of the Church, and that man should think about what lies beyond the horizon.
On the other hand, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a pre-eminent ideological and political leader of India, changed the worldview of man by using a philosophy that was firmly founded by ahimsa—the non-violence approach. By using the language of the soul, Gandhi opened not just the minds of Indian people but of millions all throughout the globe. In truth, his concept of reasoning within love and empathy was very effective in gaining peace and harmony. With faith, he believed that Satyagraha’s love and moral mobility could melt a boastful heart. Thus, he pioneered the “action through inaction” movement. This passive resistance has purpose of enfeebling feelings of anger, hatred or even ill-will to achieve the desired independence of his country. However, the fact that pioneering Satyagraha has limits cannot be denied. This only shows that every different action requires different reaction to attain the most wanted result. Gandhi’s idea though, had made a stamp for the lavish development of the world which made millions of people understand the power of a pure heart.
These two men contributed an astounding mark in history that forever changed the worldview of man. Though their views and discoveries seemed to have nothing in common, both had broadcast an eminent change that captured the heart of humanity across the planet. Their stand in this world may have been in distinct form, but they had both shown that thinking vastly, for some instances, could bring greatness to anyone. They were just ordinary men of yesterday that shared a boon out of their divine fires, but no doubt that until now, their contributions are two of the greatest symbols that inspirit the today’s mankind.
---->>> A Comparative essay of Mahatma Gandhi and Sojourner Truth . .
God as the Truth
The greatest fact in the story of man on earth is not his material achievement, the empires that he builds, nor the dynasties that he demolishes, but the growth of his soul from age to age in its search for truth in this world. Those who take part in these adventures of the soul secure an enduring place in the history of mankind. And somehow, two of these greatest world-changing souls were of Mahatma Gandhi and Sojourner Truth—two different people whose greatness does not just only lie in their saintly living, but also in their heroic struggle for life.
Mahatma Gandhi, a unique explorer of soul, whose ideas are deeply formed in tradition but are modern in spirit, proved the world that by applying these ideas in the field of politics, one can determine the nature of his true existence, whether it may be by spiritual or by political aspect. Gandhi’s devotion for truth had drawn him into the field of politics for he believed that religion has something to do with it. He also believed that for one to identify his self with everything that lives, he must live with his foe and friends. And this was what Gandhi did to free his country from bondage. In his principle of Satyagraha, Gandhi manifested an idealism of truth with his faith in God. Indeed, it is his faith in God that has created in him a new man whose power and passion and love we feel. But it appears that Gandhi was just influenced by a number of men, for his expression of faith was similar to many popular common ideas. But, to some extent, it is more appropriate to say that his ideas were not shaped from these influences, rather these influences just strengthen his ideas.
A life without God is empty. This was what Isabella Van Wagener, an African slave, used to believe in. Very early in her life, Isabella’s mother taught her to pray, a belief system that helped her mold her spiritual character. Her mother also taught her obedience and honesty so was her masters. But though her moral principle was a combination of her mother and her masters teaching, as she undergone the process of being spiritually enlightened, she grew holding her own principle. She woke up realizing that believing in the institution of slavery is an error. But she never regretted the time she spent faithful and true to her masters because for her, it made her true to her God. Thus, as a woman who lived in a spiritually rich life, to free herself from slavery, Isabella transformed herself into Sojourner Truth. Moreover, Sojourner Truth manifested a magical influence through her words that made the heart of nation beat in gratitude. She inspired humanity by her own simple way and fought for equality among all of God’s creation. Yes, she’s just a woman, a woman of truth and rights.
They were two different people who had sought truth in the midst of uncertainty. One may have an edge toward the other for her originality, but they both showed the nation that although it’s not easy to build a world where there’s peace and justice attach, that does not prove that great progress is impossible. Gandhi and Sojourner clearly convey that God is the center of their belief system and that God for them is the sacred truth as just like what Gandhi stated, “God is Truth and Truth is God”.
---->>> A Comparative essay of Nicolaus Copernicus and Mahatma Gandhi (first) . .
Changing the World
Great things happen through time, great people exist when time to do great things arrive. And many of those enormous individual made an extreme and extravagant realization to humankind. Indeed, one of those who bestowed magnanimity for the world change were Nicolaus Copernicus and Mohandas K. Gandhi—two prominent men who stood for their beliefs and understandings and who shared their sterling views and teeming discoveries to humanity—views and discoveries that allured millions and millions of people all over the globe.
Nicolaus Copernicus changed how educated human beings viewed the world by putting an end to the long-acquired Ptolemaic geocentric belief that the earth was the center of the universe, and demoted the earth to a relatively insignificant tributary of the sun. He claimed that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. Yet things didn’t turn out easy for Copernicus. Since the Church at that time believed that the Ptolemaic geocentric theory was the gospel truth, he long hesitated to announce his heliocentric theory because he feared of being labeled heretic. But to some extent, his discovery played a big part for the fundamental development of the world, that even after his death, his teachings served as an inspiration to other astronomers and scientists which led for the Copernican theory to be published worldwide. Truly, this scientific phenomenon served as a guide for the lavish change of the world. It made millions of people realize that everything is not always what they seem, like the teachings of the Church, and that human beings should think about what lies beyond the horizon.
On the other hand, Mohandas K. Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, a pre-eminent ideological and political leader of India during its independence, changed the worldview of men by using a philosophy that was firmly founded by ahimsa—the non-violence approach. Gandhi’s philosophy enlightened not just the people of India but also many people across the world. In truth, his concept of reasoning within love and empathy was very effective upon gaining peace and harmony. He believed that Satyagraha’s love and moral mobility was capable of melting even the stoniest hearts. Its purpose of enfeebling feelings of hatred, anger or even ill-will was a competent way of making things smooth especially at the moment when power of doing violent praxis governs an individual. But though how inspiring its form, the fact that pioneering Satyagraha have limits cannot be denied. Gandhi’s idea, though, had been a productive concept to obtain peace when it’s about dealing with a fellow individual. Indeed, Gandhi’s notion made a stamp throughout the world—a notion that until now lives at the hearts of many people worldwide.
In general, these two men constituted an astounding mark in history. With regard to this, Copernicus and Gandhi seemed to have nothing in common about views and discoveries. But both had broadcast an eminent change that captured and lured the compassion of humanity throughout the planet. Though their stand in this world had been in distinct form, they have shown that thinking vastly, for some instances, could bring greatness to anyone. They were men of yesterday that shared people a boon out of their divine fire. That’s why no doubt, until now, their contribution is somewhat one of the greatest symbols that inspirit the today’s humankind.
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