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  2. Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to ...

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    "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door" is a metaphor about the power of innovation. It originated, in a somewhat different form, with Ralph Waldo Emerson . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The epigram as known today, which specifies "mousetrap", probably also originated with Emerson, although the evidence for this is indirect.

  3. Twelfth Night - Wikipedia

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    Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian , who are separated in a shipwreck.

  4. Maps of Meaning - Wikipedia

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    [1] [14] [15] He considers that an "analysis of the world's religious ideas might allow us to describe our essential morality and eventually develop a universal system of morality." [ 15 ] In line with Peterson's reasoning, there exists a struggle between chaos (characteristic of the unknown, e.g. nature) and order (characteristic of explored ...

  5. If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others

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    If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others", also known as the "Metz speech", is a 1977 speech and essay by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. He delivered it as the guest of honor on September 24, 1977, at the Second Metz International Science Fiction Festival in Metz, France .

  6. The Word for Today - Wikipedia

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    The Word For Today (known as The Word For You Today in some countries) is a free, daily devotional written by Northern Irish Christian pastor Bob Gass and published around the world by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB). Over 3.5 million copies are distributed quarterly worldwide.

  7. The World as Will and Representation - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, this work is known under three different titles. Although English publications about Schopenhauer played a role in the recognition of his fame as a philosopher in later life (1851 until his death in 1860) [4] and a three volume translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp, titled The World as Will and Idea, appeared already in 1883–1886, [5] the first English translation ...

  8. Each one teach one - Wikipedia

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    The phrase originated in the United States during the time of slavery, [2] when Africans were denied education, including learning to read. Many if not most enslaved people were kept in a state of ignorance about anything beyond their immediate circumstances which were under the control of owners, the lawmakers and authorities.

  9. Workers of the world, unite! - Wikipedia

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    The phrase was used by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in their publications and songs [13] [14] and was a mainstay on banners in May Day demonstrations. The IWW used it when opposing World War I in both the United States [14] and Australia. [15]