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Sarah Martin's Articles in Education

  • An Unsuccessful Expedition
    On only one occasion did the English attempt to emulate the successes of the Elizabethan sea-dogs, and that proved disastrous In 1625, infuriated by the Catholic court's rejection of his suit for the hand of the Infanta of Spain, Charles I sent Sir Edward Cecil (later ennobled as Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon) with ninety ships and ten thousand men, on an expedition against Spain
  • The Popularity of Sherry Sack
    By the seventeenth century, sack was quite at home in England and was popular with everyone Moreover, of the many types of sack, Sherris-Sack was thought the best
  • Consiousness of Physical Existence
    When we recoil from the agnosticism of Kantianism "camouflaged" by the substitution of experience-in-general for the structure and demands of the consciousness of individual knowers and the identification of the physical world with constructs within this blanket experience, and return to a critical development of the leadings within common sense, we soon see that we humans do possess information about the physical existents we affirm
  • El Draque and the Singed Beard
    With the rising popularity of sack in England and the Catholic orthodoxy of the reign of Bloody Mary, the English colony in Sanlucar might well have prospered, had not further conflict broken out between England and Spain in the reign of the heretic Elizabeth (1558-1603) The Spaniards can hardly be blamed for the animosity they felt against England for her naval activities and for supporting the rebels in the Spanish Netherlands; it must have been somewhat exasperating to have one's Main perpetually harried by knighted corsairs, one's chief seaport sacked, and one's beard singed
  • Sherry Sack
    The Andalusia Company continued in existence until 1585, by which time it owned a vineyard and some property in the nearby village of Chipiona In this year ships on the Guadalquivir laden with the possessions of the English merchants who were taking them out of Andalusia were seized, while some of the merchants and sailors were handed over to the Inquisition
  • Objects of Knowledge
    One should not be concerned with the refutation of idealism The development of a coherent realistic system is of far more value, even from an argumentative point of view, than a continuation of the more or less dialectical struggle between idealism and realism
  • The Epistemology of Evolution
    It is crucial to make reasonably clear just what the nature of human knowledge of the physical world is and what are its conditions Knowing is surely a natural operation resting upon evolved abilities
  • The River Deities
    Throughout history, different societies have worshipped bodies of water This well worship is recorded throughout ancient texts and in the research of those who studied them
  • The Idealistic Criticism of Naturalism
    The current criticism of naturalism deserves attention, for those who desire to establish an adequate naturalism must heed the objections in the controversial literature The whole truth was by no means on the side of the older naturalism, even though it did not reside in the camp of idealism (spiritualism) either
  • Germination, Bog Plants, And Transplanting
    Some of the seeds come up in a few weeks; a few, in fact, in less than ten days, where conditions are favorable; others, as we have seen, require several months It is well to group them, when planting, upon this basis, so that all those which will be ready for transplanting early may be removed together
  • The Jupiter Of The Life Insurance Heavens
    At the meeting of the Board of Directors, on October 7, 1891, John R Hegeman, the affable and capable colleague of Mr
  • Elusive Wine Definitions
    Many of the wines bearing different names cannot be told apart by experts without seeing their labels This is one of the things that provide our wine snobs with opportunities to display their knowledge
  • The Geology of Rivers in France
    The real reason for sketching the geology of the rivers is that it explains their curious course In their early beginnings they are all mountain streams, such as drain the rainy hills everywhere
  • The Grand Haven Musical Fountain and the Jeanneke Pis
    Music in Motion : Grand Haven Musical Fountain

    The Grand Haven Musical Fountain is located in Grand Haven, Michigan The fountain displays a gorgeous fusion of water, music, and lights that come together in a fantastic sight

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