Dramas and power shovels are similar in that they are both considered to be fine art
they are each based on natural things
both of them are quite fashionable
they are both produced by people
neither of them is very common
The author tells us that, before the 1700s, people were not able to travel in submarines
were completely unfamiliar with technology
produced such beautiful tools that they were called art
placed a much higher value on visual arts
had a much wider definition for the term "art"
It can be inferred from the passage that warfare has become less artistic because of modern military technology
isn't really so different from skills like shoemaking or literature
is no longer considered to be an art, though it once was
has inspired people, through its images, to make great art
is based, by its very nature, on broadly accepted and true reasoning
65 HISTORY OR BIOGRAPHY? History and biography have several similarities, but they are not synonymous. Both the biographer and the historian search for evidence. They evaluate the information they find to decide if it is factual and relevant. History, however, is the recorded past of human societies; it tells the story of nations, wars and movements - the whole range of past human activity. Biography deals with a single life story. The historian is interested in facts and events that affect many lives; the biographer seeks information that reveals the subject's character and personality. If the subject of a biography is a well-known public figure such as a president of the United States, his life story almost becomes a historical narrative. The life of George Washington, - for instance, is a significant segment of American history. But if the subject is a very private person, such as the poet Emily Dickinson, the biography is much less concerned with contemporary historical events.
