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- 941: Dylan Thomas
- ... lost love shall not; In spite of the use of abstract ideas such as love, religion, and death in the other poems relating to this theme, Thomas s analogies of the gods with thunder, rainbows, rain, and night demonstrate how nature and the weather are affected by God s presence. In Shall gods be said to thump the clouds, Thomas asks whether the gods are thumping the clouds in thunder or ...
- 942: David Livingstone
- ... which he named Victoria Falls. From then on, the journey along the Zambezi was disastrous. Tolls were demanded by hostile tribes, and the party was often pursued and confronted by natives who were often cannibals. Rain poured steadily, and members of the party came down with fever and other disorders. Livingstone himself was plagued by malaria, and was often too weak to walk by himself. We were becoming exhausted, wrote Livingstone ...
- 943: Dylan Thomas
- ... is part of the cycle; A cycle that must be appreciated from all sides if we are to value life at all. Thomas would ask, How can you appreciate the sun if there is no rain? and vice versa. One is essential. He has deemed the point at which the cycle stops as the only truly lamentable moment with regard to life and death. Thomas often wrote about life and death ...
- 944: Confucius Life Philosiphy
- ... of Heaven could be drawn out by earthly virtue to enact the beneficiary duties their realm imposed on them. These spirits were believed to do such things as keep rivers flowing, winds blowing and bringing rain that was needed by farmers. In turn, the farmers, following the established Confucian code of conduct, gave tithes to their overlords. This allowed the overlords to provide arts, education, and entertainment.6 Some people dispute ...
- 945: Charles Manson
- ... that Manson seriously started developing his cult. Manson's following grew and many more people were recruited in the "Family." He started preaching to his followers in bizzare ways. He would have the group take acid trips then listen to him as he spun twisted stories that put ideas into their heads. Charles would reenact the Crucifixion of Christ, trying to instill upon his follower's minds that he was Jesus ...
- 946: Benjamin Franklin
- ... he flew a kite in the storm. Little did he know that this was a very dangerous thing to do. He had attached a metal key to the end of the kite string. As the rain fell and the wind blew, he noticed the hairs on the kite string stand on end, just as they would do if you combed your hair and put the comb near the string. He was ...
- 947: Benjamin Banneker
- ... stars and cycles of the moon. In colonial times, most families owned an almanac. Farmers read their almanacs so they would know when to see their soil, when to plow, and when they could expect rain to water their crops. Some People read almanacs to find out when the sun and moon would rise and set, how the weather would change from season to season and when eclipses would occur. Banneker ...
- 948: Alexander Graham Bell
- ... receiver heard Watson trying to get it out. They couldn t transmit voice yet but they were on their way. Their big breakthrough was made on March 10, 1876, when in one room Bell spilled acid on his pants and said into the newest receiver Mr. Watson com in there, I need to see you (Alexander Graham Bell Inventor of the Telephone, 12), and the first telephone message was sent. His ...
- 949: Artist: Turner: Outline
- ... Turner supported abolition and painted The Slave Ship between 1833 and 1840 the emancipation of the slaves in the British colonies began. b) Turner wanted to have a marriage between art and industry and painted Rain, Steam and Speed, The Great Western Railway, yet artists disliked the industrial revolution saying it was repulsive. 3. The changing style of Turner. a) Turners works have changed greatly throughout his career and now his ...
- 950: President Andrew Jackson
- ... To emphasize his point, in 1838 (one year after Jackson left office), a unite of federal troops rounded up the 15,000 Cherokee who resisted relocation and remained in Georgia and during the cold and rain of winter forced them to march to their lands in the west, this was known as the "Trail of Tears" since about 25% of the people died in route of either disease, starvation, and exposure ...
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