Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, And The Morality
.... time. Consider, for example, how
different the question appears when inverted and framed in more historical
terms: How did a man who was born into a slave holding society, whose
family and admired friends owned slaves, who inherited a fortune that was
dependent on slaves and slave labor, decide at an early age that slavery
was morally wrong and forcefully declare that it ought to be abolished?”
(Wilson 66).
Wilson also argues that Jefferson knew that his slaves would be better off
working for him than f .....
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Marilyn Monroe: Suicide Or Murder
.... 1, just three days before her death,
would commit suicide.
The coroner said “Marilyn was laughing and chatting on the
telephone with Joe's Dimaggio's son and not thirty minutes later after this
happy conversation, Marilyn Monroe was dying…” This was one of the
strangest facts about the case. (Brown, and Barham)
Marilyn Monroe did have somewhat of a drug problem, as told by
everyone who knew her including her stepsister. The drugs and anti-
depressants Marilyn took mainly consisted of .....
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The Life Of Richard Feynman
.... and calculating exactly how much uranium or plutonium
would be needed. He was very successful in this early work, and was quickly
promoted to one of the directors of the theoretical division. Feynman had
written that there were four main questions that needed to be answered
before the work could progress.
1. How big must the bombs be? What is the critical mass and radius for each
material? 2. What material would best serve as a tamper? 3. How pure would
the uranium or plutonium have to be? 4. How muc .....
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R. L. Stine: It Came From Ohio! My Life As A Writer
.... He joined the Sundial as a writer, and later applied
to be the editor and got the job. When he made up Jovial Bob (a way to
introduce himself and humor to the readers) to help The Sundial because
people weren't buying the paper; which they did once they met “Bob”.
Jane became his girlfriend after meeting her at a party in Brooklyn
and became his wife on June 22, 1969. They had a son named Matthew on June
7, 1980.
A series of scary books for young adults led to the wildly popular
books enjoyed by many .....
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Pope Paul III: The Sixteenth Century Miracle
.... interest in the arts and letters.
One of the most beautiful Renaissance buildings in Rome is the Farnese
Palace where he lived like a renaissance prince.
Paul III also claimed another name; the first reform pope. By the
time he was elected pope his reputation as a bishop and as an administrator
raised great hopes for his future decisions of the church. There were many
problems that faced him during his reign. These problems were political as
well as spiritual. The first goal Paul III set forth for hi .....
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Helen Keller
.... or bathed her. She was declared legally as
an idiot.
She soon started going to a special school called the Boston
Institute for the Blind that her parents had heard of that helps children
with disabilities. She did not really understand that words stood for
things in the world. She did not know what words meant. Although she did
not give up easily.(Howell 1)
Up until the age of seven, when her teacher Anne Sullivan put her
hand under water did she know that things in the world had meanings. An .....
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Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
.... 1905, Miss Sullivan married John Macy. Helen lived with the couple, who
both now helped with her studies and other pursuits.
Teacher and pupil were finally separated by Mrs. Macy's death in 1936.
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J.P. Morgan
.... ventures of the time. In his lifetime, J.P. Morgan
was certainly a captain of industry who saved the American financial system
and numerous companies while overseeing one of the biggest ventures of the
time.
During his career, Morgan bailed out America's financial system
several times. When Congress adjourned in 1877 without appropriating money
to pay soldiers. Morgan came up with the $550,000-a-month payroll and set
up a disbursement system (Gross 64). In 1895 when the U.S. gold reserves
fell dangerou .....
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Biography Of Irene Kuhn
.... was very
determined to succeed. After that job fell through she and a friend moved
all the way to Shanghai. When she arrived at Shanghai she only had 25
dollars to her name. Within only a few days she found a job with The
Evening Star. There she met her future husband. When they married she
was almost late to her own wedding because she was working on something
for the paper. As I said before she was very determined. At the wedding
she was so poor she wore a four dollar dress and a hat she borrowed .....
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John Cabot
.... a voyage to Asia around the southern tip of Africa. Joh Cabot then
went to England where he recieved the financing from a group of merchants
and the English King, Henry VII.
John Cabot sailed from Bristol, late in May 1497, with a crew of 18,
on a small ship named "The Matthew." On June 24th, he landed somewhere on
the coast of North America, probably New Foundland or Cape Brenton Island,
in what is now know as Canada. John Cabot was positive that he had reached
the Northeast coast of Asia a .....
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Biography Of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
.... having only had an incomplete year at a new
college begun at Alcala by Francis Villanueva. At the age of thirty-nine he
attempted to make up this deficiency by following the course at the College
of Barcelona, but without success. His austerities had also undermined his
health. After considerable delay he was finally admitted into the Society
of Jesus as a lay-brother, 31 January, 1571. Distinct novitiates had not as
yet been established in Spain, and Alfonso began his term of probation at
Valencia o .....
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Biography Of Karl Marx
.... thus
helping him in the decision in turning to Christianity.
Karl's childhood was a happy and care-free one. His parents had a
good relationship and it help set Karl in the right direction." His ‘
splendid natural gifts' awakened in his father the hope that they would one
day be used in the service of humanity, whilst his mother declared him to
be a child of fortune in whose hands everything would go well. (The story
of his life, Mehring, page 2)
In High school Karl stood out among the crowd. Wh .....
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Thomas Jefferson's Accomplishments
.... of the colonies' demand for independence. The declaration recounted the
grievances of the colonies against the British crown and declared the
colonies to be free and independent states. Since solely Jefferson wrote
it, the declaration held the essence of his ideals, and he spent the rest
of his life applying its principles to the new American government.
Jefferson's chief accomplishment as president was the Louisiana
Purchase. This land which once belonged to France, is close to one-third
of th .....
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The Life Of George Armstrong Custer
.... brink of dismissal, but he was able to
control himself when it was necessary. Custer knew what he could get away
with without being dismissed from the academy, and he enjoyed going to the
edge but not over it. The fellow cadets loved Custer for his fun-loving
and joking ways. Though Custer was frequently punished for his behavior,
he understood why he was at the Academy, and wanted to make something of
himself. At the Academy, Custer became a good writer. He felt the need
to write throughout his li .....
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THe Life And Work Of John Keats
.... an
orphan, he became a surgeon's apprentice before enrolling, in 1815, as a
student at Guy's Hospital. He registered for a sixth-month course of study
required for him to become a licensed surgeon and apothecary. Soon after
he had came to a conclusion that he was not going to be a doctor as a
profession, his true passion was in poetry (computer). Though some of his
early poetry which was written when he was twenty just six years before his
death, the poetry didn't seem “top-notch.'' As his life played .....
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