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  2. The Eagle (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The eagle is also referred to as a metaphor for someone in power, the political corruption. The "clasping with crooked hands" indicate the firm grasp of the powerful with malevolent hands, "close to the sun, lonely lands, ring'd with the azure world" indicate being close to extremely powerful leaders and the lack of genuine company.

  3. What Is the Spiritual Meaning of Seeing a Bald Eagle? - AOL

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    To find out more about what seeing a bald eagle symbolizes, Parade spoke to author and spiritual mentor, Lola Pickett of Wild Messengers. “Bald eagles are humbling to be in the presence of ...

  4. Ohlone mythology - Wikipedia

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    Eagle gave Coyote instruction how to make her pregnant in her belly. This first wife became pregnant by eating one of Coyote's lice, but she was afraid and started running. Coyote could not persuade her or slow her down, she ran to the ocean with Coyote chasing her and she jumped into the ocean and turned into a sand flea or shrimp.

  5. SparkNotes - Wikipedia

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    Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.

  6. Spiritual autobiography - Wikipedia

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    Spiritual autobiography is a genre of non-fiction prose that dominated Protestant writing during the seventeenth century, particularly in England, particularly that of Dissenters. The narrative generally follows the believer from a state of damnation to a state of grace; the most famous example is perhaps John Bunyan 's Grace Abounding (1666).

  7. Golden eagles in human culture - Wikipedia

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    Mankind has been fascinated by the golden eagle as early as the beginning of recorded history. Most early-recorded cultures regarded the golden eagle with reverence. Only after the Industrial Revolution, when sport-hunting became widespread and commercial stock farming became internationally common, did humans started to widely regard golden eagles as a threat to their livelihoods.

  8. E. J. Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Edwin John Dove Pratt CMG FRSC (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), [1] who published as E. J. Pratt, was a Canadian poet. [2] Originally from Newfoundland, Pratt lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario.

  9. The Eagle and the Fox - Wikipedia

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    An original fable by Laurentius Abstemius demonstrates the kinship between the story of "The Eagle and the Fox" and another by Aesop about The Eagle and the Beetle.In the Abstemius story, an eagle seizes some young rabbits to feed its young and tears them to pieces despite their mother's plea for mercy, thinking that an earth-bound creature could do it no harm.