Walt Whitman 3
.... annex which both contained a self and soul as was characterized by Whitman.
The self that Whitman spoke of was a man’s own individual identity, which has a distinct quality and being, different from the selves of other men, but could be utilized to identify other men. The soul is another type of identity of mankind, which finds its niche in a human, and begins to amplify its personality. This self and soul that embodies every man on this celestial body is a portion of the divine soul also kn .....
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Washington Irving
.... It was out of school where his real interests developed. His interests were more into reading books of adventure and travel. He was very good at writing, though. He loved the theater. His fascination with the arts grew and was encouraged by one of her sister's boyfriends (Myers 64). His interests in the arts and in the theater were obvious in his works.
Irving did not wish to go to college. Though he had great interests in the theater and the arts, his father expected each of his sons to supp .....
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Washington Irving 2
.... story about a man who runs from his abusive wife and finally gets away and falls asleep, for twenty years.
Other stories Irving accounts for, are: Bracebridge Hall, Tales of a Traveler, History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, A Chronicle of Granada, The Crayon Miscellany, Astoria, Bonneville, and concludes with The Life of Washington. The reason his stories are considered “romantic,” most likely has to do with the new style of writing coming to America. The Legend of Sleepy .....
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
.... suggested he should work in the field of physics. Three years later, Wilhelm found himself a job at the Agricultural College in Hohenmeim, Germany as a professor of physics and mathematics. It was a small college where his physics laboratory had only one room. After a year, Professor Roentgen received a call from his old friend Professor Kundt, he said they needed a second chair for physics and on October 1, 1876, the Roentgens moved to Strassburg, Germany. He would stay there for three years.
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William Blake
.... life. When only a boy in London, he described visions of experiences he had while in the surrounding countryside. He said he saw angels on a tree at Peckman Rye, and the famous prophet Ezekiel in a country field. These occurrences influenced Blake's writing later. Similar to his religious beliefs, Blake thought we have war, injustice, and unhappiness because our ways of life are founded on mistaken beliefs. Blake was the starting poet of the Romantic Movement, which had many followers soon afterwards. .....
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William Buffalo Bill Cody
.... of his was “All my interests are still with the west- the modern west”.
Cody used his glory and fame as a platform for his western causes. His western causes were fighting for the rights of Indians and women, and also for conservation. Even as early as 1879, Buffalo Bill warned the federal government to not make promises to them that could be broken. He knew that Indian conflicts would be caused by broken government promises. He also knew what the Indian was fighting for, because the .....
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William Faulkner 2
.... in 1948 and won the Nobel Prize for Literature two years later in 1950. Although William Faulkner’s life had the same chronological events as the average person, his life was far more complex an interesting than that of the average person. Faulkner tried to keep his personal life a secret, but he was woefully unsuccessful. Among many of Faulkner’s personal problems was the fact that he suffered from alcoholism. Gwendoly Chabrier is quoted as saying, “The marriage of Estelle and Faul .....
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William Henry Gates
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Bill Gates has his eye on the future. He sees the world in a Apowerful, high-speed network-both within companies and across the so called Information Superhighway@ (Brandt, 57). He hopes to be on top of the Transformation from Personal Computers to nets. Gates predicts that an explosion of low-cost, high-capacity, networks will radically alter how we use technology in the upcoming decade.
Now before Bill Gates came onto the scene in the early seventies, the main focus in the computer world .....
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William James
.... he went on an exploring expedition in Brazil with the Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz and also studied psychology in Germany. During this time, William retired due to illness but that didn’t stop his from excelling in the field. Three years later, in 1872, at the age of thirty, William become an instructor in physiology at Harvard University. In 1875, William started teaching Psychology at Harvard and after 1880 he was teaching both classes.
He taught at Harvard for thirty-five .....
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William Lloyd Garrison
.... was not to become affluent through this publication.
Garrison used his religious, abolitionist views to elevate himself into renown. He wanted people to hear his views. In response to his abolitionist causes, Garrison proclaimed, “I am in earnest—and I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard.”
Garrison enlightened Americans with his altruistic sensibilities, but his motives were not altruistic. He wanted peo .....
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William Lyon Mackenzie
.... the city's problems. Instead he spent his time on his own causes and concentrated on preparing for the next provincial election. ("Mackenzie" 1976: 500) These behavioral patterns can be seen through out his career. Parallels can be drawn to many aspects of his role in history, which reveals that he can be labeled as irresponsible.
Moreover, besides his irresponsible character flaw, Mackenzie did not have a thorough understanding of how the government worked. Although he is documented in the .....
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William Shakespeare
.... William was the third of eight children. The older siblings were sistets Joan, born in 1558 and Margaret in 1562. Both of William’s older sisters died very young. (Bender 14). The other dive children were Gilbert born in 1566, a second Joan 1569, Richard 1573, Edmund 1580, and Anne 1580 who died at age eight. (Bender 14).
William Shakespeare was educated at the local school in Stratford. Ironically, William never attended a university although virtually every English speaking universities .....
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William Shakespeare 2
.... According to many he was labeled as one of “the greatest dramatists the world
has ever known and the finest poets” who wrote in the English language.
Shakespeare’s work relied mostly on his instincts of nature. His understanding of other people allowed him to fully grasp the quality he wrote of. (Wadsworth 342)
John Shakespeare married Mary Arden in 1557. Both the Shakespeare’s
and the Arden’s were farmers, and sold their products to make a living. (Brown
23) Shake .....
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William Wallace
.... Scottish Knight Andrew De Moray, along with patriots consisting mainly of the common people of Scotland charged down onto the field by Stirling bridge and flung themselves into "the mightiest army in christiandom." Against a force of 1,000 heavy cavalry and 50,000 foot soldiers, the volunteer Scottish Army fought and defeated the might of Edward Longshanks invading army. The Scots fought with home-made weapons; knives, axes; wooden spears. But they fought for the survival of their nation, a desire for .....
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Winston Churchill
.... role, by showing him affection throughout his life.8
Throughout his childhood, Churchill was described as an untidy, mischievous child. He was sent to boarding school, where he was constantly doing badly in his schoolwork, and also getting into trouble. Even though Churchill did badly in many areas of school, it was noted that he had a phenomenal memory. When he was thirteen he won a prize for reciting 1,200 lines from Macauley’s Last Days of Ancient Rome, without a mistake.9 Winston Churchi .....
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