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  2. Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1843 - Wikipedia

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    Kierkegaard explores two simple verses from the Old Testament, "Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped, saying: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord took away; blessed be the name of the Lord.", [6] and delivers a message to his "reader" about gratitude.

  3. Tough love - Wikipedia

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    Michelle Borba, author of No More Misbehavin’: 38 Difficult Behaviours and How to Stop Them, asserts that tough love fails to recognise differences between children, failing to produce individual respect and therefore creating a power struggle. She emphasises the importance of individual boundaries and respect, stating tough love is a sign ...

  4. Optimism - Wikipedia

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    Half a glass of water, illustration of two different mental attitudes, optimism (half full) and pessimism (half empty). Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable.

  5. Letter to Chesterfield - Wikipedia

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    "Seven years, my lord, have now past since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.

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  7. Al Aaraaf - Wikipedia

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    Poe later referred to Neal's response as the first words of encouragement he had received. Nevertheless, the negative response to "Al Aaraaf" may have inspired Poe's later poetic theory that poems should be kept short. Years later, in 1845, Poe used "Al Aaraaf" to hoax members of the Boston literary circle during a reading. Poe said the poem ...

  8. Inspirational fiction - Wikipedia

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    Inspirational fiction is a sub-category within the broader categories of "inspirational literature" or "inspirational writing".It has become more common for booksellers and libraries to consider inspirational fiction to be a separate genre, classifying and shelving books accordingly.

  9. Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect. Certain it is that a conviction, akin to religious feeling, of the rationality and intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a higher order.