622-word version: A Warehouse under the Stairway & Ignorance "This way." said, Father 신부님성함, a clergyman who administered the House of Foreign Laborers. Eager to appoint my schedule for volunteer work and go home fast, I endured the sightseeing, reminding me that this room wa..

I do agree with the idea that a person’s inaugural consciousness, or tabula rasa, is shaped from his or her environment and experiences. The first valid artwork that was drawn on my tabula rasa was inevitably religion and morals...

738-word version: Throughout my AP economics course, no other quotation from either course books or extended reading materials had persisted in my memory more than Mr. 선생님성함`s impromptu comment on knowledge... 766-word version: Throughout my AP economics course, no text or quote from any..

U of Chicago: Superstring theory has revolutionized speculation about the physical world by suggesting that strings play a pivotal role in the universe. Strings, however, always have explained or enriched our lives, from Theseus’s escape route from the Labyrinth, to kittens playing with ball..

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