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- 1881: Spender And Sankichi Two Views
- Stephen Spender's "Epilogue to a Human Drama" and Toge Sankichi's "Dying" are poems detailing the destruction of two cities, London and Hiroshima, respectively, during or after World War II bombings. Spender wrote "Epilogue to a Human Drama," hereafter referred to as "Epilogue," after a December air raid of London during the Battle of Britain, which ravaged and razed much of England from ... Stephen Spender was in London for the duration of the bombings. He saw the demolition of surrounding buildings. He heard the droning of approaching bombers. He smelled the smoke of raging infernos. In his autobiography World Within World, Spender describes his mental condition during the raids as a "trance-like condition" and describes how he forced himself to think of places and things as merely mental concepts in order to avoid losing ...
- 1882: Life And Times Of Louis Xiv
- ... to the idea that the reigning couple, Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, would remain childless. This meant that the King's brother, Gaston d'Orleans would eventually inherit the throne. The birth of the new king brought national rejoicing (though not Gaston's). France finally had their longed-for "Dauphin," as the heir to the French throne has been called since the acquisition by France, in 1349, of the province ... the king's wife," she told herself thousands of times," and my first duty is to produce an heir to the throne. Soon they will send me back to Spain in disgrace, and the whole world will sneer." (Aspler 15). She was left to mold Louis into the royal king he was to become. Before Louis XIII's death he had another son. Two years after Louis's birth, his brother Philip came into the world. (Wolf 3). Philip was brought up to defer to his brother all things; he was dressed as a girl much of the time until he was well past adolescence, and he continued occasionally to ...
- 1883: Evolution Of Canada
- ... the French and English and became an independent Commonwealth country with a federal system of government, in which the provinces enjoy a large measure of autonomy. Land and Economy. The 2nd-largest country in the world (after the USSR), Canada occupies the N half of the North American continent, stretching E and W from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, N from the 49th parallel to the North Pole, including all the islands in the Arctic Ocean from W of Greenland to Alaska. It is divided into 10 provinces, which are (E-W): Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Two territories--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory--are in the N and NW. The outstanding geological feature is the Canadian Shield, a 1,850,000-sq ... of once great mountain chains worn down and covered by the sea, contains valuable minerals--gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and zinc--making Canada one of the most important mining countries in the world. The Shield's N portion is a treeless plain with permanently frozen subsoil; in its S section are forests. Extending from the Shield's W border to the Canadian Rockies are prairies more than ...
- 1884: Mark Twain A Morally Deficient
- ... is the perfect artisan, the perfect artist (Ayres-87)." Twain believed that to know God was to know nature. The ways of God are the ways of nature, and can be observed in the natural world. In the introduction of Letters from Earth he affirmed his doctrine that divine law is natural law when he stated "Natural Law is the LAW OF GOD - interchangeable names for one and the same thing (Ayres-87)." Twain placed much emphasis on the things of this world and very little on the things of God. He lectured over the reading of books, and encouraged everyone to read and expand their knowledge, but virtually ignored spiritual learning. In this quote from Twain we see that he reveres to a river boat pilot s memory, and compares it to having knowledge of the Bible; "I think a pilot's memory is about the most wonderful thing in the world. To know the Old and New Testaments by heart, and be able to recite them glibly, forward or backward, or begin at random anywhere in the book and recite both ways, and never trip ...
- 1885: The Finger Lakes
- The Finger Lakes The Finger Lakes Region of western upstate New York possesses natural beauty and characteristics that make it an ideal area for residence and vacation. However, because of New York City, the state's defining attribute to many outsiders and locals, the Finger Lakes' fruits are ignored and shared amongst a relatively small amount of people. In a state that bares the advantages and drawbacks of the World's financial capital, a nearby refuge that challenges even remote sections of the country with its untrampled forests and clean lakes, seems appealing but is somehow missed amid the bustle of Wall Street. People ...
- 1886: The Events Connected to the Louisiana Purchase
- ... it.7 After many years, the land was finally described as follows: From the mouth of the St. Marys, southward and westward, the shores of Florida, Louisiana and Texas were Spanish; Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans closed all the rivers by which the United States could reach the Gulf. The valley of the Ohio itself, as far as Pittsburgh, was at the mercy of the King of Spain; the flower ... They explored from Lake Superior down the Mississippi from 1658 to 1660. Ten more expeditions, including that of Lewis and Clark, would follow over the next century. Although these expeditions represented several of the Old World countries, France gained control of it. The geographic position of the Louisiana Territory was very important to the strengthening of the United States. Due to its large impact on other countries, the Louisiana Purchase helped ... United States. After France sold the land, they were out of North America for good. This was both good and bad for the French. It was bad because Napoleon Bonapartes dream of conquering the world was coming to an end. It was good for France because they no longer had to defend the land. Because of Frances departure from North America, the French/British war was no longer ...
- 1887: Evolution Of Canada
- ... the French and English and became an independent Commonwealth country with a federal system of government, in which the provinces enjoy a large measure of autonomy. Land and Economy. The 2nd-largest country in the world (after the USSR), Canada occupies the N half of the North American continent, stretching E and W from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, N from the 49th parallel to the North Pole, including all the islands in the Arctic Ocean from W of Greenland to Alaska. It is divided into 10 provinces, which are (E-W): Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Two territories--Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory--are in the N and NW. The outstanding geological feature is the Canadian Shield, a 1,850,000-sq ... of once great mountain chains worn down and covered by the sea, contains valuable minerals--gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, and zinc--making Canada one of the most important mining countries in the world. The Shield's N portion is a treeless plain with permanently frozen subsoil; in its S section are forests. Extending from the Shield's W border to the Canadian Rockies are prairies more than ...
- 1888: The History of Slave Labor
- ... pure racism. As the necessity for cheap and permanent labor rose with the success of tobacco cultivation, Virginia planters resorted to the use of slave labor. Early efforts by the English at colonization in the new land were not successful until the introduction of tobacco to the Virginia colony in 1613. Among the many New World commodities that fueled English interest in the colonies, tobacco caught on fast and became Virginia's economic salvation as well as it's new staple crop. As tobacco cultivation became widespread and figured in ...
- 1889: J.D.Salinger
- ... people and has been an inspirational writer for the generations with such books as "The Catcher in the Rye" and "The Glass House," J.D.Salinger was born on the first of January 1919, in New York City, to Sol and Mirian Jilich Salinger. Salinger had one sister, Doris, that was eight years older than him. He attended public school on Manhattans upper west side. His grades where slightly above average ... alien institution, and that what is needed, what is missed, is a larger, closer family. It was after graduating from Valley Forge that Salinger wrote some of his first works. Salinger was deeply emotionalize by World war two. This had a great deal to do with his first writings. "Many of Salingers early stories do not deal directly with the war... but a war atmosphere permeates them - and it is not ... the Rye is a deceptively simple, enormously rich look who's source of appeal run in deep and completely varied veins. The very young are likely to identify with Holden and to see the adult world in which he so journs as completely phony for rebels and a guide to identification of squares. The older generation is likely to identify with some part of the society that is satirized, and ...
- 1890: An Observation Of Sacred Hoops
- ... teaches his players how to work hard even when the spotlight is on someone else. The book continues on subjects like religion, spirituality, and unity among the team and with ones self. These were all new concepts for me. Though I embraced the ideas, I was skeptical of the practice. It was not until I read the book that I realized that the practice of these concepts could be as easy ... not get to the championships by fighting to win every game at any cost. This is something that is best suited for the battlefield, not the everyday lives of teammates or citizens. Competition in the world of basketball is a lot like the corporate world, if you don't win, someone else will. The key to winning the marketshare (and marketshare is the number of seats filled at each game) is a quality product that customers can come to ...
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