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- 3201: Robert E. Lee
- ... Nancy and her children. And they were to be freed "soon as it can be done to their advantage and that of others. On Christmas, Lee wrote to his wife that he hoped this woul.d be the last time he would be away from her. While they were at war, even though is was hard, he attended church. He returned on June 29, 1843. On September 1, 1852 he was ... north had more of an advantage because they have all of the military supplies and factories. The south was a land of farmers without military supplies and hardly any money to buy them. Then one day when Lee was in hid hotel, he had a visitor. He read a report of the supplies coming into Richmond. 60,00 small arms, and 54,00 flintlocks. I July 21, 1861 they received a ...
- 3202: Robert Browning
- ... peace, Robert Browning continued to face conflicts in his spiritual and religious future. In 1849, Robert Browning's mother died. One year later he published two of his less-famous poems, "Christmas Eve" and "Easter Day". These poems, due to their ambiguity, were neither extremely popular, nor critically praised. The two voices in Easter Day, the more powerful of the two poems, are often difficult to distinguish. While one maintains that it is difficult to lead a Christian life, the other scolds and argues that it is easy. These associations ... of Christianity states that "He who in all his works below adapted to the needs of man, Made love the basis of his plan...while man who was so fit instead to hate as every day gave proof"( line 981), and blames man alone for his fall. The other sees Christianity as the ultimate struggle: " With darkness, hunger toil, distress.. No ease henceforth, as one that's judged...shut from ...
- 3203: Paul Revere
- ... toll the bell of Christ’s church a young boy heard the first gun of the revolution. Revere didn’t know this yet but his honorable duty lay within that revolution. On the twenty-second day of July, 1754 Reveres father died in his sleep. He was buried in the Old Granary. Paul was very distraught over losing his father. They were close, more like friends than father and son. After ... well as the rest of Boston. Paul Revere loved his children and couldn’t bear the fact of losing them. He called them his little lambs. Luckily none of them died nor did Sara. Pope day of this year, November 5 1764, got out of hand and riots were started. Many were killed and brutally maimed. Revere was outraged over this, but this was the last completely unrestrained old-fashioned pope day in Boston. Times were rough now for the Reveres, with five children to support Revere is forced to take up new traded to make ends meat. He joins the sundry clubs, revolutionary in character, ...
- 3204: Mozart
- Yekaterina Todika Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptized in Salzburg Cathedral on the day after his birth as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus. The first and last given names come from his godfather Joannes Theophilus Pergmayr, although Mozart preferred the Latin form of this last name, Amadeus, more often Amade ... a short stay, Mozart were back in Italy to fulfill his commission for Milano and bring to complete his opera seria, Mitridate, re di Ponte. At the performance of Mitridate, re di Ponte on Christmas day of 1770, the work was a phenomenal success. According to Otto Erich Deutsch, one of the soprano arias, contrary to all precedent, was encored. Cheers greeted the diminutive composer as he reached the 6 stage ... musical labor at the Court of the Archbishop was an endless humiliation. He was the principal composer and virtuoso at the Court, but his salary was so meager and his work so unappreciated that each day was a test of his patience and willingness to tolerate insult. His fellow musicians at the Court were dissolute scoundrels, whose musical tastes were vulgar and whose interests centered upon gambling and drink. Mozart ...
- 3205: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... about one year. The arrangement proved to be a dissappointment to Beethoven. C. The relationship Outwardly in public the two were cordial, but there were troubles with the relationship--maybe professional jealousy caused the problems. D. Other teachers Beethoven turned to other teachers when Haydn went to London for the second time. He studied with Albrechtsberger, famous as a choir director at St. Stephens in Vienna and the best-known counterpoint ... 5 PIANO CONCERTOS · 16 STRING QUARTETS · 16 SONATAS FOR ONE INSTRUMENT AND PIANO (CELLO,5; VIOLIN,10; FH,1) The Symphonies · op.21 Symphony No. 1 in C 1800 · op.36 Symphony No. 2 in D 1801-02 · op.55 Symphony No. 3 in E flat "Erocia" 1803 · op.60 Symphony No. 4 in B flat 1806 · op.67 Symphony No. 5 in c minor 1807 · op.68 Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastoral" 1808 · op.92 Symphony No. 7 in A 1811 · op.93 Symphony No. 8 in F 1812 · op.125 Symphony No. 9 in d minor 1822
- 3206: Langston Hughes
- ... on a freighter to the Senegal, Nigeria, the Cameroons, Belgium Congo, Angola, and Guinea in Africa, and later to Italy and France, Russia and Spain. One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. Through these experiences a new rhythm emerged in his writing, and a series of poems such as "The ... Weary Blues" were penned. He returned to Harlem, in 1924, the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. During this period, his work was frequently published and his writing flourished. In 1925 he moved to Washington, D.C., still spending more time in blues and jazz clubs. He said, "I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street...(these songs) had the pulse beat of the people who ... returned to his beloved Harlem later that year. Langston Hughes received a scholarship to Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. degree in 1929. In 1943, he was awarded an honorary Litt.D by his alma mater; a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935 and a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1940. Based on a conversation with a man he knew in a Harlem bar, he created a character know as ...
- 3207: Galileo
- ... his own path II. Accomplishments other than in the field of astronomy A. Isochronism of the pendulum 1. later led to astronomical clock B. Center of Gravity in Solids C. Teacher at University of Pisa D. Theory of Falling Bodies E. Nominated to the chair of mathematics in the University of Padua F. Laws of Projectiles G. Laws of Equilibrium / Principle of Virtual Velocities H. Thermometer III. Astronomical Discoveries A. Designed highest powered telescopes of the time. B. The moon 1. Not a perfect and smooth sphere C. Jupiter 1. Four moons of Jupiter D. Venus and Mercury 1. Not transparent 2. Had phases IV. Later Life A. Tried by the Inquisition 1. For writings 2. Charged with Heresy B. Sentenced to house arrest 1. lived in luxury 2. never in a prison cell C. Writings Prohibited D. Died in 1642 Bibliography 1. Drake, S. ,Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Greensborough Press, 1995. 2. Finnochiara, Maurice A. ,The Galileo Affair. The University of California Press, 1989. 3. Redondi, P. ,Galileo Heretic. ...
- 3208: Aldous Huxley
- ... Balliol College, Oxford, Huxley worked in the War Office in London and taught at Eton and Repton (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). While at Oxford, Huxley was introduced to the literary world and became good friends with D.H. Lawrence (Aldous Huxley-Biography). In 1916, Huxley published his first book of poems, The Burning Wheel (Philosopher’s Corner Presents: Aldous Huxley). From 1920-1921, he was a part of the editorial staff of ... throat cancer, Huxley asked his wife to inject 100 mmg of LSD into him, sending him to a peaceful death (LSD-My Problem Child). Huxley died in Los Angeles on November 22, 1963, the same day as the assassination of John F. Kennedy (Aldous (Leonard) Huxley). Aldous Huxley was not merely a successful writer; he was a complex person whose ideas and works influenced many people. Huxley gained a “reputation as ...
- 3209: Henry VIII
- ... and fewer friends. Henry began to lose love for her. She did not like Catherine of Aragon and plotted against. When Catherine died Anne was happy and was in a rather celebrating mood, then that day she finds her husband with one of her maids of honor sitting on his lap. She was so enraged by this she had a miscarriage, and people believe that this time she was going to ... than a wife. She was good to his children helped him reconcile with Catherine of Aragon’s daughter Mary. He got really bad with his old age that when she argued with him that he’d want her arrested. He saw how upset she was then he would call it off. Through his earlier years he was upsesed with conquering France. He had spent a lot of England’s money on ...
- 3210: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal {Famous
- ... he did not respond well to regular punishments, so his strict schoolmasters devised new tortures for him. Cajal's teachers decided that to teach him some manners, they would prevent him from eating throughout the day by locking him in a dark room after school without light until after dinner was over. Although this punishment was severe, Cajal made the best of it. One day after school, as he was in this room, he realized that there was a little slit in the shades that light could pass through. The light projected an image of the scene outside onto the ... the boy's secret strength. The classmate revealed to Cajal that gymnastics was how he built such strength and speed. Cajal then spent the next six months working in the gymnasium for two hours per day. He soon became the envy of the gym and at least as strong as his rival, once again showing the reader that he could be successful in anything he put his mind to. Soon ...
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