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80Napoleon Hill and the Measures of His Success Secrets
Writer and public speaker Napoleon Hill and his book Think and Grow Rich continues to influence entrepreneurs. When his principles are followed, today's entrepreneur has a guideline for the secret of success. His book is still in circulation and is read and discussed by millions.
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77Sneaky Chain Pickerel (Esox niger): North America's Fast, Fighting, Furtive Freshwater Fish
The chain pickerel lives in the quieter, smaller freshwater bodies of eastern North America. It may be fished in brackish wintry, deep autumnal and shallow spring waters. It serves as a nutritious, tasty main dish.
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76Picturing The Nature of Transcendentalism In America
A growing dissatisfaction with government and church brought forth an influential philosophy known as transcendentalism. Through this philosophy and in the movement it spawned, religious, social and educational norms came under scrutiny in pre-civil war years. The effects were profound.
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78Practicing Presence; What Does It Mean?
I recall a vivid memory of strolling along one of the streets of Paris caught up in the novelty of being somewhere I had never been before, hearing people talk and not understanding them and then there was a moment of presence. I thought, ‘here I...
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79Disappointed with Life?
Is life getting you down? Does it suck and stink? Disappointment can get your down but not without your consent. Inspirational quotes to help you with moments of disappointment. Poems included.
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733 of the Greatest Quotes - W.H. Murray, Henry David Thoreau & Marianne Williamson
The Moment One Definitely Commits, Then Providence Moves Too One of my favorite quotes comes from the Scottish explorer W.H. Murray (18 March 1913–19 March 1996). Though a part of the quote is commonly cited and attributed to Goethe, the entire...
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72Ideas and Concepts Embodied by Early American Literature: Freedom and Tyranny
Literature encompasses and showcases many aspects of humanity, including philosophy, morality, and knowledge. This is especially true in early American literature. In the 1600s, even before ‘America’ existed as a country, threads of American...
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73Thoreau Quotes (and a little commentary)
For my money, no other American author's quotes are as meaningful or heartfelt as Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's quotes are engraved in my heart and mind, speaking to me softly from the quiet recesses, telling me to find passion and to live my life...
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77Hiking Fit: Lose Weight in the Great Outdoors and Keep it Off
Are you looking for a way to shed the pounds and keep them off not just for the New Year, but year around? Try hiking! Hiking is a fantastic fitness exercise for the body and the soul. As a hiker himself, Outbound Dan Human desceibes how you can get started hitting the trails.
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73Isolationism in Moby Dick and Walden
During the Romantic Period of American literature there was a movement away from the country's founding virtue of unity and the individual became the predominant focus of the mid 1800's. legendary writers began to incorporate the conept of individualism into their fiction and narratives.
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