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43 People say that power promotes corruption and that corruption is just an unavoidable part of human nature.
It is unnatural to believe that power usually comes with corruption.
Corruption is inevitable for people in power because it is part of human nature.
According to the law of human nature, it is easier to gain power than to avoid corruption.
It is human nature to make power more available to the public when corruption is avoided.
44 The advantage of locating an idea in its historical birthplace is that we can see how it fared.
The value of tracing the origin of an idea is to see how it has developed over time.
The value of how history started makes us see the world more objectively.
To see how history was located from the beginning is to treat it fairly.
Locating an idea in its historical place brings justice to our society.
45 I have never yet met a successful person who has not had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his, or
her, life.
Favorable conditions one has had in life pave the way for one’s ultimate success.
As far as I know, no winners have to clear up any harsh condition in life.
No one I know has attained success without conquering trouble to some extent in life.
Few people I know have done well without accumulating successful experiences in life.
46 The conversion of the stories of ancient myth into a prime subject of the arts began with the baroque,
representing a further break with the popular basis of art.
Instead of using popular subjects, the baroque style was the first art form which derived its themes from
ancient myth stories.
It is a prime concern of the baroque to absorb its ingredients from the ancient myth stories, and therefore, it
becomes unpopular among the common people.
The popular art is dominated by the baroque style, which insists on the conversion of important ingredients
from the ancient myth stories.
The change of the ancient myth stories is a necessary step for the vogue of the baroque and also a gesture for
breaking the vulgarity of the popular art.
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Did you ever wonder how your Hershey’s bar is made? The chocolate in your bar comes from cocoa trees.
47 These cocoa beans are the raw material from which the candy bars are made. First, the pods enclosing
the beans are cut off from the tree by workers. A cocoa pod has a rough leathery rind about 1.5-inch thick. It is
filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp called “baba de cacao” in South America, normally containing 30 to 50
large soft seeds (the beans) that are pinkish in color and bitter in taste. The workers then split the pods open and
remove the beans. The harvested beans are then separated and stored in boxes for about a week. 48 After
drying is finished, the beans are exported to countries all over the world.
Now the beans are processed into the chocolate we recognize. First, the beans are roasted so that the shells
can be separated from the beans. The beans are then grounded into a paste. 49 What remains is what we
know as cocoa powder. 50 And then? The soft and sweet chocolate bars are ready to go into your mouth.
47 The familiar and sweet-sounding name “chocolate” comes from an Aztec word that means “bitter drink.”
When the beans turn brown and emit a light chocolate aroma, they are dried under the sun or mechanically.
Seedlings need to be sheltered from the blazing sun, so farmers grow banana trees to provide shades for them.
These palm-shaped trees grow primarily in tropical countries and produce almond-like cocoa beans.
48 Rich in smell and taste, this paste contains a lot of fat called cocoa butter which is then extracted.
When the beans turn brown and emit a light chocolate aroma, they are dried under the sun or mechanically.
Seedlings need to be sheltered from the blazing sun, so farmers grow banana trees to provide shades for them.
Finally, the cocoa powder and cocoa butter are combined and mixed well with sugar and dried milk.
49 Rich in smell and taste, this paste contains a lot of fat called cocoa butter which is then extracted.
Finally, the cocoa powder and cocoa butter are combined and mixed well with sugar and dried milk.
When the beans turn brown and emit a light chocolate aroma, they are dried under the sun or mechanically.
The familiar and sweet-sounding name “chocolate” comes from an Aztec word that means “bitter drink.”
50 Seedlings need to be sheltered from the blazing sun, so farmers grow banana trees to provide shades for them.
Rich in smell and taste, this paste contains a lot of fat called cocoa butter which is then extracted.
Finally, the cocoa powder and cocoa butter are combined and mixed well with sugar and dried milk.
When the beans turn yellowish brown and emit a light chocolate aroma, they are dried under the sun or
mechanically.