The Life Of Alexander Hamilton
.... mother's store that Hamilton got his first taste
of finance; it was also in that high-visibility capacity that he probably
became the target of malicious whispers, or perhaps even outward disdain
from the townspeople he encountered. Rachel's husband, who had had her
imprisoned in Christiansted some years before for adultery, had posted a
public summons for her to appear before a divorce court, declaring her a
whore who had given birth to illegitimate children. After Rachel's death
from yellow fever, her hu .....
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The Legend Of Baby Doe
.... time. Even their parents lavished
affection on her. To put it plainly, Elizabeth was spoiled. She always
went her own way and damned anyone who tried to stop her.
After winning an ice skating contest with an incredibly revealing
costume, a man named Harvey Doe began courting her. Soon after, they
decided to be married.
There were disapproving glances at the wedding from both mothers.
The wedding was on June 27, 1877. After honeymooning in Denver, Colorado
for two weeks, they went down to Central Ci .....
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
.... and Democratic
nominee for president. He won that election and in 1932 he won the party's
presidential nomination. Despite his opponents claiming that he was
physically and mentally unfit for the presidency, he flew to Chicago and
pledged to the people at the Democratic National Convention, a New Deal.
That expression, a symbol of an era in American history, represented a
cluster of ideas formulated by the candidate and his Brain Trust, a group
of advisors recruited from New York's Columbia University. .....
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Benedict Arnold
.... agree that Arnold
did so for money, though he may also have resented lack of further promotion.
Whatever his motive, he regularly sent vital military information to the British
and was well paid for it. His wife helped him, often acting as messenger. In
1780 Arnold obtained command of West Point and at once conspired to turn over
the garrison to the British. He met Maj. John Andre, a British spy, and made
final plans. Andre was captured, however, and his papers indicated Arnold's
treason.
Arnold h .....
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The Life & Philosophy Of Friedrich Nietzsche
.... Ian P. McGreal, 1992
PREFACE
Much information is available on Mr. Friedrich Nietzsche, including many
books that he wrote himself, during his philosophical career. I took this
as a good sign I would find a fountain of enlightened material produced by
the man. I've had to go through a bit of my own philosophical meditations
to put my own value judgements aside, and truly look for the contributions
Nietzsche gave to philosophy. Much of my understanding came only after I
had a grasp of Neitzsche's his .....
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Charles Darwin
.... the first simple cell, emerged about four
billion years ago. How can that hypothesis be extended to explain the
variety of life forms that exist on earth today? (Question formed by
scholars in an attempt to stump Darwin)
Darwin in his "Origin of Species" published an answer to this
question in 1859. Darwin wrote:
"As many more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there
must be in every case, a struggle for existence, either one individual with
another of the same species, or with in .....
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Albert Einstein: His Life
.... uncle's explanations of algebra. Although Albert was intrigued by
certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure
to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachers to
believe he was disabled.
At sixteen he attempted to enroll at the Federal Institute of
Technology but failed the entrance exam. This forced him to study locally
for one year until he finally passed the school's evaluation. The Institute
allowed Einstein to meet many other students that .....
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John Wilkes Booth
.... too. ( this might
sound a little bit weird, but she's a " fortune teller") This might have
set a tick in his psychotic mind that maybe he thought that he could do
anything he wanted to do. ( Dort, Aaron)
Francis Wilson, who wrote a biography of Booth in 1929, stated that
Booth opened his stage career in 1855 at the Charles Street Theatre in
Baltimore. He began performing on a regular basis two years later. Once
Booth started upon his acting career, he wanted the comparisons between
himself and his lat .....
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Similarities Of Bradstreet And Wheatly
.... These poems were discovered by her brother-in-law,
John Woodbridge, who published them without her knowing.
Phyllis Wheatly may have lived a very short life, but her
accomplishments are still appreciated today. She was a slave brought over
from Africa, at a young age. She was purchased by the Wheatley's, who
taught her English and Latin. She used this knowledge to read the Bible
and other poets works. She had one book of poetry published. In these
poems, she used the tools of Latin vocabul .....
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Stephen Biko
.... not leave the country for at least five
years. During his ban, Biko was caught going to a white area and he was
arrested. While in prison, Stephen was severely beaten to death, but the
police said that his death took place because he went on a hunger strike.
Stephen Biko achieved many great feats during his life. One of
these feats was his acceptance to the University of Natal. He entered the
institute to study medicine, though he did not complete the course because
of his political activities. Mr. .....
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The Accomplishments Of Alexander The Great
.... .
The city was destroyed and its people sold into slavery or killed. All of
the city_s buildings were destroyed except for temples and the house of
Pindar the poet. Pindar was long dead, but Alexander wanted to prove that
even a Macedonian conqueror could be a Hellene. The savage lesson of Thebes
brought results, the Athenian assembly quickly congratulated Alexander, and
the Greek states, with Sparta as the continuing exception, remained
Macedonian allies.
Alexander now took on a project that .....
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Joan Of Arc
.... back to Vancouleurs were she persuaded the
people to follow her. The people also helped her find transportation and
safety to get her to where she was going.
While in France Joan used the voices in her head to help the
Dauphin, Charles VII. She told the Dauphin how she was capable of saving
France and she was given a large French army to lead. The army she was
given won many wars against the English and helped the French in the
Hundred Years' War. This gave her a place of honor next to the king in .....
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Bill Clinton's Affair With Monica Lewinsky
.... save that
money and get a house or an apartment. They will benefit from it very well.
Secondly, he actually cares about the people and his family. Every
time you see him with his family the Clinton's are always happy, and he is
usually hugging his daughter or wife. The Americans never hear anything bad
about his wife and daughter on the news or in the newspapers. When
Clinton's administrative people heard about his impeachment, some of them
walked out, but most of them stayed and kept their loyalty .....
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George Washington: Biography
.... 1752 after returning to America. George
inherited the Mount Vernon estate.
Washington first gained public notice in October 1753 when he was
dispatched by Gov. Robert Dinwiddie to warn the French commander at Fort Le
Boeuf against further encroachment on territory claimed by Britain.
Washington at the age of 22, was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Although
he lacked experience, he learned quickly, and dealt with the problems of
recruitment, supply, and desertions. This helped him earn respect from .....
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The Biography Of Bob Marley
.... on May
11 he was flown back to Miami after even the doctor had given up. In his
mother's condo, he passed away in the presence of family and friends. He
did not leave this world without leaving something. To his oldest son,
Ziggy, he said, "On the way up, bring me up. On the way down, don't let me
down." And to Stephen he said, "Money can't buy life." He didn't leave
unnoticed, either. At the moment of his death, Judy Mowatt, a close friend
of Bob's, was in her home in Kingston. Suddenly, f .....
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