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- 5801: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... has something in their life that they would die for, something they love more than life itself. For most people, this thing is very close and personal to them: a family member, a spouse, a child. But Martin Luther King’s thing was much more broad: peace and equality among all people. He loved humanity more than he loved to live. That is why I believe that he epitomizes the life ...
- 5802: Mother Teresa
- ... to join a community of Irish nuns with a mission in Calcutta. This is where she took the name of Sister Teresa, after Saint Teresa of Lisieux, who also found her vocation while still a child. As a nun, Mother Teresa began teaching at St. Mary's high school in Calcutta. After a few years of teaching she became principal of the school. Mother Teresa had a special place in her ...
- 5803: Ivan the Terrible
- ... of them had a lot in common, including their love of torturing. One day, Ivan entered the Czarevitch's home and criticized the dress that his daughter-in-law was wearing. She was expecting a child and might not have been looking her best, but her husband, offended by the Czar's rebuke, defended his wife. Within seconds, both men had lost their tempers and were fighting. Ivan raised his long ...
- 5804: Yuan Shih-k’ai’s Transformation of the Chinese Military
- ... from all the countries trying to divide up the country. Shih-k’ia was adopted by Yuan Tu-ch’en, the son of General Yuan Chia-san, because of the stature he held as a child. Tu-ch’en was a member of the Yuan clan, and his father was a “prominent military leader who was fighting the rebels,” at this time he was still not affected by modern thought and ...
- 5805: My Secret Confessions From The Grave: Al Capone
- ... in Palm Island mansion with my wife and immediate family, in a secluded area. In 1946, my physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist both concluded that I had the mental ability of a 12-year-old child, I should have killed them. Quite unfortunately I died due to a stroke and pneumonia on January 25, 1947 because I was suffering from a large case of syphilis.
- 5806: Mark Twain’s Greatest Downfall
- ... hundred dollars-offered to let me gather it up in my hands and measure it in a plug hat-said I could have a whole hatful for five hundred dollars. But I was the burnt child and I resisted all these temptations. That young man couldn’t sell me any stock but he sold a few hatfuls of it to an old dry-goods clerk in Hartford for five thousand dollars ...
- 5807: David Livingstone
- ... March 1858 at age 46 he set out for Africa. Soon after arriving at Cape Town the trials began. His wife's health was poor, preventing her from going further with him. She took the child and went to her parents, the Moffats, at Kuruman. Then a second serious problem arose. Livingstone could command and organize Africans, but managing white col-leagues and a large expedition was a total disaster. His ...
- 5808: The Life of William Shakespeare
- ... about the legendary Robin Hood and his marry men. In November 1582, he received a license to marry Anne Hathaway. At the time of there marriage, Shakespeare was 18 and Anne was 26. Their first child, Susanna, was baptized on May 26, 1583. In 1585 Anne Shakespeare gave birth to twins. A boy named Hamnet and a girl named Judith. Hamnet did not survive. Shakespeare arrived in London about 1588 and ...
- 5809: Caesar
- ... granddaughter of Sulla and a relative of Pompey. After 6 years, Caesar divorced Pompeia after assuming she was with another man. Caesars next wife was Calpurnia, who he married in 58 BC. Caesar had one child, Julia and another adopted son, Octavian, who later takes over Rome. In 59 BC., Julia married Pompey. Strain encouraged by Crassus, developed between Caesar and Pompey. The "Triumvirate" was renegotiated in 56 BC., but the ...
- 5810: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... Timothy Edwards, their uncle, at Elizabethtown. Timothy was a Puritan and Aaron didn’t get along with him; occasionally, he was beaten. He was so unhappy, he tried to run away. His life as a child was livable only by Timothy's young brother-in-law, Matthias Ogden, a boy Burr's age. They fished, hunted, and studied under tutors. Aaron was precocious. At eleven, he applied for Princeton and was ...
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