’sThinker:TheThinkerisabronzeandmarblesculpturebyAugusteRodin, whosefirstcast, of1902, .
’sLaw:’slawdescribestheinverselyproportionalrelationshipbetweentheabsolutepressureandvolumeofagas, .
(1889-1964):HewasanIndianpoliticianwhobecamethefirstPrimeMinisterofindependentIndia (1947-1964) andbecamenotedforhis “neutralist”’sindependencemovementinthe1930sand1940s.
:MethodismisamovementofProtestantChristianityrepresentedbyanumberofdenominationsandorganizations, .
:ItreferstoAlbertEinstein (1879-1955), theworldfamousGerman-borntheoreticalphysicistwhodevelopedthetheoryofgeneralrelativity, , Einsteinisoftenregardedasthefatherofmodernphysicsandoneofthemostprolificintellectsinhumanhistory.
(1869-1948):-violentresistancetotyrannythroughmasscivildisobedience.
:SaintJeromewasaRomanChristianpriest, confessor, theologianandhistorian, (theVulgate), andhislistofwritingsisextensive.
(1561-1626):HewasanEnglishphilosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, , especiallyasphilosophicaladvocateandpractitionerofthescientificmethodduringthescientificrevolution.
(1770-1850):HewasamajorEnglishRomanticpoetwho, withSamuelTaylorColeridge, ’smagnumopusisgenerallyconsideredtobeThePrelude , ’sPoetLaureatefrom1843untilhisdeathin1850.
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:GenerallyagreedtobeMaugham’smasterpieceandtobestronglyautobiographicalinnature, thenovelstellsastoryofPhilipCarey, ahandicappedorphan, isbroughtupbyaclergyman, ’schildhoodexperienceintheboardingschoolisvividlyrevealedaspartofthecriticalinfluenceonhislaterlife.
:Itisanexcerptfromalongeressay, ALiberalEducation; andWheretoFindItwhichHuxleydeliveredin1868attheSouthLondonWorkingMen’—comparinglifetoachessgameenlightensthestudentsonthevalueandpurposeofeducation.
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(1989):Itisa1989AmericandramafilmdirectedbyPeterWeirandstarringRobinWilliams.SetattheconservativeandaristocraticWeltonAcademyinVermontin1959, .
: TheLizMurrayStory (2003):Lizisayounggirlwhoistakencareofbyherloving, butdrug-addictedfatherandmother, , whichshegotfromsharingneedlesduringherdrugabuse, shegota “slapintheface”byhermother’sdeathandbeginsherworktofinishhighschool, whichsheamazinglycompletedintwoyears, .
