Martin Luther
.... He wondered, \"is it possible to reconcile the demands of God\'s law with human inability to live up to the law.\" Luther then turned to the New Testament book of Romans for answers. He had found, \"God had, in the obedience of Jesus Christ, reconciled humanity to himself.\" \"What was required of mankind, therefore, was not strict adherence to law or the fulfillment of religious obligations, but a response of faith that accepted what God had done.\" In other words he realized that religion is base .....
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Martin Luther King Jr
.... that worldly labor was given religious sanction. This stands opposed to the Catholic tradition which did not give such worldly matters any moral emphasis. Luther stated that people may attain salvation in any walk of life. it did not matter what a person did during their lifetime as long as they worked as hard as possible. In hard work and dedication to one\'s calling, salvation could be achieved. Before Luther professed these beliefs, people placed little emphasis on the daily tasks they had to complete. .....
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Abraham Lincoln
.... was defeated while running for the Illinois State Legislature. Lincoln began to operate a general store in New Salem along with William F. Berry. Again, In 1834, Lincoln ran for the Illinois State Legislature, but this time he was elected. During the summer, John T. Stuart advised Lincoln to study law. On December 1 he took his seat in state government in Vandalia.
In 1837 Lincoln, 28, was admitted to the Illinois Bar on March 1, and he moved to Springfield on April 15. He became a law partner of J .....
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Adam Smith
.... of the division of labour he refers to the specialization of workers into certain trades. This happens because an individual discovers talents that he possesses and may be advantageous for him to further develop in order to increase his wealth. People perhaps imagine that goods will make them happier and seek them for that reason, but they are deluded. Adam Smith for one thinks the delusion is a good thing because without it people would not work. This desire to acquire "acts as a driving power to .....
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Adolf Hitler
.... attending a few meetings, Hitler joined becoming the party\'s fifty-fifth member. Although this was small party, in a few years it becomes the most powerful political group in Europe. When a member, Hitler became very busy, spending all his free time doing work for the party, forcing him to resign from his military position. Until that time a man by the name of Drexler had been the leader of this party. It was this man who saw that Hitler had much potential. This is therefore the reason for promoting him t .....
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Agatha Christie
.... She even accompanied him on some of his archaeological digs in different parts of the Middle East. Christie’s marriage to Mallowan was a success, for they stayed together until her death in 1976 (Encarta 1999). Agatha Christie used her life as the basis of many of her writings. In her first book, "The Mystery Affair at Styles", Christie used her nursing experiences to make the book enjoyable. Several of her books include death by poisoning. Christie gained this knowledge also from her experi .....
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Al Capone
.... men while in New York, early testimony to his willingness to kill. In accordance with gangland etiquette, no one admitted to hearing or seeing a thing so Capone was never tried for the murders. After Capone hospitalized a rival gang member, Yale sent him to Chicago to wait until things cooled off. Capone arrived in Chicago in 1919 and moved his family into a house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue.
Capone went to work for Yale\'s old mentor, John Torrio. Torrio saw Capone\'s potential, his combination of .....
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Albert Camus
.... one’s own convictions being the essential ways of arriving at a truth. Therefore, the understanding of a situation by someone involved takes priority over to that of an objective observer. This emphasis on the perception of individual agent also made existentialists suspicious of systematic reasoning, causing existentialist writers to deliberately unsystematic in revealing their philosophies and expressing themselves in dialogues, parables and other literary forms. One of the most prominent themes of such .....
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Albert Camus
.... first \"literary experience\" was gained as a member of the \"North African Literary Group.\" By 1932, he was writing articles for the magazine entitled Sud. Albert entered the University of Algiers on scholarships in this same year. As an art critic, he wrote articles for the newspaper Alger-Etudiant in 1934. In the same year he married Simon Hie who was wealthy but was plagued with a drug addiction. This marriage only lasted for about two years. After earning a degree in 1935, Camus was awarded .....
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Albert Einstein
.... a mathematics teacher to certify that he was adequately prepared to begin his college studies without a high school diploma. Other biographies, however, state that Einstein was expelled from the gymnasium on the grounds that he was a disruptive influence at the school. (Discovering World History)
In 1895, Einstein thought himself ready to take the entrance examination for the Eldgenossiche Technische Hochschule (ETH: Swiss Federal Polytechnic School, or Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), wh .....
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Alexander Ghram Bell
.... time over a single telegraph wire. On March 7, 1876, the U.S. Patent Office granted him Patent Number 174,465 covering, the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically...by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sounds. In the wake of Bell\'s invention of the telephone came an avalanche of patent lawsuits and corporate maneuvers. Western Union Telegraph Company was the titan in the field of tele .....
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Alexander Hamilton
.... 1776, he was commissioned captain of a company of artillery set up by the New York Providential Congress. Some sources state that Hamilton\'s company participated at the Battle of Long Island in August of 1776. At White plains, in October of 1776, his battery guarded Chatterton\'s Hill and protected the withdrawal of William Smallwood\'s militia. On January 3, 1777, Hamilton\'s military reputation won the interest of General Nathaniel Greene. His cannon were brought to rear on Nassau Hall, and Hamilton .....
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Alexander Hamilton
.... with his parents up to the age of twelve. He then moved with David Beckman and Nicholas Cruger at Saint Croix. They took care of Hamilton as if they were his real folks until the age of 23 which is when he married Elizabeth Schuyler, daughter of General Philip John Schuyler, a member of an influential New York family.
6. Who inspired of influenced this person?
Hamilton inspired himself. His urge to be heard and recognized gave him the every to keep on voicing his thoughts for the need of a stron .....
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Alexander The Great
.... did not come about him. One time at a party Alex got mad at something that someone said and started fighting. "History does not record what they said, but it was enough to enrage Philip. He pulled his sword, lunged at Alexander - and fell drunkenly to the floor. \"Look, men,\" Alexander sneered, \"he\'s about to cross from Europe to Asia, and he falls crossing from couch to couch.\" This was about the time when they were planning to invade the Asia Minor. Much time had gone buy and many important thin .....
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Alexander The Great
.... poet Pindar. His army sold the 30,000 inhabitants of Thebes into slavery or killed them. Alexander’s actions against Thebes discouraged rebellion by the other Greek cities.("Alexander the Great." 1).
With solid footing at home, Alexander prepared to invade Asia in 334 B.C. After crossing the Hellespont with an army of 35,000 men, he met his first Persian battle on the banks of the Granicus River. His cavalry charged across the Granicus and overwhelmed the Persians. From there, Alex .....
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