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Bronze As Memory

a: Bronze sculpture ~
b: the memory in your mind

What: "The everlasting presence of this bronze is like the memory in your mind. While the bronze may oxidize and leave marks from its experience with the weather, it will still stand. Similarly, while your memory of your loved one may slightly fade away as you grow old, you will never forget this moment: the last few breaths of someone that meant the world to you."

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Writer: Amberley Proctor
LCC: NB
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Date: Jul 17 2013 7:25 PM



a: Nervous System ~
b: tree

What:

Reason #3: "Just like the roots of a tree begin as small individual roots spread over a wide area, your nervous system begins as individual cells called neurons that are spread all throughout your body."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: Mar 9 2014 1:39 PM



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