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King Lear

II.ii. When Kent knowingly insults Cornwall and Regan, Cornwall says of Kent “He cannot flatter, he, / An honest mind and plain, he must speak the truth.” Who else does this recall?

I think that that brings to mind Cordelia, since she always speaks her mind.

About Act 2 sns. 2-3:

Kent, in disguise, comes to Regan's castle, and meets with Oswald. Kent starts calling him names, and challenges him to a fight. Cornwall, Gloucester, Edmund and Regan enter, and Cornwall has Kent put in the stocks. Gloucester tries to get Cornwall to let Kent go. Kent gives him the letter from the king. 

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The Answer to the Riddle

I'm hot when I lay in the sun

But cold if you wait for a while;

When I look like a snake you will scream,

But in summer I make you smile.


A hose!

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The Boy Scientist : Hydraulic Jacks

The Principle of Hydraulic Jacks 

The principle of hydraulic jacks is that if you apply force to a non-compressing liquid, it can raise a larger weight. How much weight you can raise depends on the amount of pressure the liquid is under. If you had a teakettle with a spout 1 square inch in diameter, and you put a plunger in the spout, and put a piston instead of the lid, and you had 10 square inches of water inside, if you put 10 pounds of pressure on the plunger, you could raise 100 pounds!! Each square inch of water is putting 10 pounds of pressure on the piston, so you are applying a weight of 100 pounds to the piston! If the spout was only a quarter of a square inch, you could raise 400 pounds! Hydraulic jacks make it very easy to lift big heavy things.

A Hydraulic Jack

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A Riddle!

I'm hot when I lay in the sun

But cold if you wait for a while;

When I look like a snake you will scream,

But in summer I make you smile.

What am I? If you know please post the answer in a comment!

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