Walt Whitman's poem entitled "A noiseless Patient Spider." Describes a quiet spider creating a web. The first line of the poem reads, "A noiseless patient spider" referring to the graceful and peaceful nature of a spider. It is a creature of patience. "I mark'd ...

"The Puritan ethic: the haunting fear that somewhere, someone is having a good time," annonymous. This qoute is an amusing example of the Puritan ethic. The modern American ethic is quite different. The Puritan value system is different from the modern American value system. Puritans valued G...