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Exercises

Named problem

How many reference librarians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Named solution

Not sure, but I can look it up.

How many reference librarians does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Not sure, but I can look it up.

Rules etc.

Occam's razor

Don't multiply entities unnecessarily.

It's in the eating.

Gudger's theorem

Overalls worn while farming will acquire a local memory.

Doc Watson said so.

This is a rule without a name.

No name.

This is a theorem without a name.

No name.

Computer code

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Table entries

I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with whatwould seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:--I mean thelaw-copyists or scriveners. I have known very many of them, professionally and privately, and if I pleased, could relate divershistories, at which good-natured gentlemen might smile, and sentimental souls might weep. But I waive the biographies of all other scriveners for a few passages in the life of Bartleby, who was a scrivener of thestrangest I ever saw or heard of.
While of other law-copyists I might write the complete life, of Bartleby nothing of that sort can be done. I believe that no materials exist for a full and satisfactory biography of this man. It is an irreparable loss to literature. Bartleby was one of those beings of whom nothing is ascertainable, except from theoriginal sources, and in his case those are very small.
What my own astonished eyes saw of Bartleby, _that_ is all I know of him, except,indeed, one vague report which will appear in the sequel. Ere introducing the scrivener, as he first appeared to me, it is fit I make some mention of myself, my _employees_, my business, my chambers,and general surroundings; because some such description is indispensable to an adequate understanding of the chief character about to bepresented. Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. Hence, though I belong to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous, evento turbulence, at times, yet nothing of that sort have I ever suffered to invade my peace.

Bartleby the scrivener

I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with whatwould seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:--I mean thelaw-copyists or scriveners. I have known very many of them, professionally and privately, and if I pleased, could relate divershistories, at which good-natured gentlemen might smile, and sentimental souls might weep. But I waive the biographies of all other scrivenersfor a few passages in the life of Bartleby, who was a scrivener of the strangest I ever saw or heard of. While of other law-copyists I mightwrite the complete life, of Bartleby nothing of that sort can be done. I believe that no materials exist for a full and satisfactory biographyof this man. It is an irreparable loss to literature. Bartleby was one of those beings of whom nothing is ascertainable, except from theoriginal sources, and in his case those are very small. What my ownastonished eyes saw of Bartleby, _that_ is all I know of him, except, indeed, one vague report which will appear in the sequel.

Ere introducing the scrivener, as he first appeared to me, it is fit I make some mention of myself, my _employees_, my business, my chambers,and general surroundings; because some such description is indispensable to an adequate understanding of the chief character about to bepresented.

Imprimis: I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best. Hence,though I belong to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous, even to turbulence, at times, yet nothing of that sort have I ever sufferedto invade my peace. I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but in thecool tranquility of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds and mortgages and title-deeds. All who know me, consider me aneminently _safe_ man. The late John Jacob Astor, a personage little given to poetic enthusiasm, had no hesitation in pronouncing my firstgrand point to be prudence; my next, method. I do not speak it in vanity, but simply record the fact, that I was not unemployed in myprofession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and ringslike unto bullion. I will freely add, that I was not insensible to the late John Jacob Astor's good opinion.

Questions & Answers

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classification of plants, gymnosperm features.
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how is urine formed in human
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malaria is caused by an insect called mosquito.
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Malaria is cause by female anopheles mosquito
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Malaria is caused by plasmodium Female anopheles mosquitoe is d carrier
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a canal is more needed in a root but a cavity is a bad effect
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what are pathogens
Don Reply
In biology, a pathogen (Greek: πάθος pathos "suffering", "passion" and -γενής -genēs "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is anything that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ. The term pathogen came into use in the 1880s.[1][2
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A virus
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Definition of respiration
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respiration is the process in which we breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide
Achor
how are lungs work
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Achiri Reply
in the mouth
EZEKIEL
what are the functions of follicle stimulating harmones?
Rashima Reply
stimulates the follicle to release the mature ovum into the oviduct
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Chinaza
endocrine secrete hormone and regulate body process
Achor
while pituitary gland is an example of endocrine system and it's found in the Brain
Achor
what's biology?
Egbodo Reply
Biology is the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized field that cover their morphology, physiology,anatomy, behaviour,origin and distribution.
Lisah
biology is the study of life.
Alfreda
Biology is the study of how living organisms live and survive in a specific environment
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