"Beginning with childhood, all of man's study is centered on one aim alone - to emerge successfully from the three days' examination - and all he has in his mind is what success can bring to him in terms of power, influence, and prestige." Ye Shib, Chinese Scholar, Han Dynasty 7. The above quotation refers to the Chinese: Civil Service system

Social welfare system

Contemplation of nature

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frederick the great and the war of austrian succession. frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. he also declared himself king of bohemia, and maria theresa sent troops to retake bohemia. in august he led 80,000 of these men across the frontier into bohemia, his

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

a)the court decides which cases it will hear