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- 4001: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... father’s church. After graduating college in 1948, he entered the Crozer Theological seminary. Martin was the speaker of his class in 1951 and won a graduate fellowship. Then in 1955 he received a Ph.D. in theology. In Boston Martin met Coretta Scott. Then later in 1953 martin and coretta got married and had four children, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, Yolanda Denise, and Bernice Albrtine. In December 1958 Martin ... the youngest person ever to get the Nobel peace prize. In 1965 Martin Luther king Jr. led a drive to register black voters in Selma, Alabama. But to get this drive protesters did a five-day march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery. He combined his civil right compains with a strong hand against the Vietnam war because he believed that the money and effort which was spent on the ...
- 4002: Hitler's Life
- ... of Leonding. The now lived next to a small cemetery. Adolf found school to be easy now and liked drawing. He had a photographic Memory and could probably draw just about anything he seen. One day Adolf found some of his fathers’ books. He found one about the War of 1870-1871 between the Germans and Indians. He became obsessed with this book. He thought this was a great event. Hitler ... large school and didn’t do very good at first. There were a lot of arguments at home between him and his father about school. Adolf didn’t want to sit in an office all day. His father thought he was ridiculous and a struggle began between them. The next year at school, Hitler was the oldest boy in class. He became a Ringleader and played cowboys and Indians after school ... park benches and eating charity dinners. During this time he got many ideas on politics and race. Hitler’s friends also moved to Vienna where they hung out late at night and slept in the day. They stayed up talking about social reform and city planning. He didn’t want a job and dressed like an artist and a gentleman and still attended many operas. Hitler had an increasingly bad ...
- 4003: Saint Francis of Assisi
- ... for outcasts and lepers of Mount Subasio. Francis also restored the ruined church of Santa Maria degli Angeli. He held mass there for the outcasts that were not allowed in the other churche! s. one day, during mass, Francis heard a voice telling him to go into the world and to possess nothing, but do good everywhere. Doing just that, Francis found himself preaching in Assisi later in the year. He ... obtain mercy is the fifth beatitude. Saint Francis, even in his youth, "showed an instinctive sympathy for the poor" (Robinson). Francis did all he possibly could to help the less fortunate, particularly the lepers. One day, he encountered a leper. He gave the man all of his possessions on the spot. Around that same time, Francis made a pilgrimage to Rome. When he saw the pathetic offerings on the tomb of ... His example, as a man who followed the beatitudes in order to gert closer tho Christ was, and is, an inspiration to many people. He will never be forgotten, especially since we celebrate his feast day every year. Bibliography Robinson, Paschal. "St. Francis of Assisi". The Catholic Encyclopedia (Electronic Version). New Advent, Inc., 1996. "Saint Francis of Assisi". Microsoft Encarta '96 Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corporation, 1993-1995.
- 4004: Sigmund Freud
- ... was appointed an associate professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vienna. (Jones, 1970). Freud decimated much time in his work. He held therapeutic sessions with patients up to 12 hours a day and continued his works till the late hours in the morning. He gave numerous lectures, first in the United States in 1909 at the University of Worcester in Massachusetts. He founded the International Association of ... foundations for Psychoanalysis. Oxford: Blackwell,1989. (Original work published in 1987.) McGrath, W.J. Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis: The politics of hysteria. Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 1986. Ricoeur, P. Freud and philosophy (D. Savage, Trans.) New York: Yale University Press, 1970. Rudnytsky, P.L. Freud and Oedipus. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987. Schur, M. Freud: Living and dying. New York: International Universities Press, 1972. Sulloway, F.J ...
- 4005: Cleopatra VII
- ... father was also a little bizarre. He was a follower of Dionysus, he LOVED wine. He believed in playing the flute like Pan. He did not believe in ruling. Egypt rejected him for that. “All day no work, but play ” was most likely her father's motto. Cleopatra was also a beliver in the gods similar to her father. She worshipped Dionysus, Apollo, Pan, Athena, Aphrodite, and mother earth. She had ... to Cleopatra for supplies and food. Cleopatra went to Antony for military support. Antony thought of Cleopatra as more than a mistress. Cleopatra had Antony's twins, Cleopatra Selene and Alexander Helois. She also ha! d Ptolemy Philadelphos for him. In 30 B.C., the Egyptian army led by Antony lost to the Roman army. Antony then died in Cleopatra's arms. Mourning by his grave, the lonely Cleopatra committed suicide ...
- 4006: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- ... Laurence Dunbar was an African-American poet and an author. He was prolific at writing short stories, novels, librettos, plays, songs essays and poetry. His work was popular with black and white readers of his day, and are celebrated today by scholars and schoolchildren alike. He is accredited as being the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in Dayton. Ohio on June 27, 1872, Dunbar was ... reputation. In 1897 Dunbar was sponsored by the Savage Club in London, England, to give a series of readings and, after his return to America, he obtained employment at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. Dunbar married Alice Ruth Moore on March 8, 1898. She was a teacher and writer from New Orleans. They separated in 1902. Dunbar to suffer emotional depression and at the same time he developed ...
- 4007: Pablo Picasso
- ... the Nabis. The themes of the French painters Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as the style of the latter, exerted the strongest influence. Picasso's Blue Room (1901, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.) reflects the work of both these painters and, at the same time, shows his maturity toward the Blue Period, so called because various shades of blue dominated his work for the next few years ... and 1905 are thus called the Rose Period. Many of his subjects were drawn from the circus, which he visited several times a week; one such painting is Family of Saltimbanques (1905, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.). In the figure of the harlequin, Picasso represented his alter ego, a practice he repeated in later works as well. Dating from his first decade in Paris are friendships with the poet Max Jacob ... banque and Rose Period: “Woman in a Chemise” (1905) “Woman with a Fan” (1905) “Family of Saltimbanques” (1905) “La Toilette” (1906) “Self-Portrait with a Palette” (1906) “Gertrude Stein” (1906) The Negro Period: “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1906-07) “Fruit Dish” (1907-08) “Bust of a Woman” (1909) Analytical Cubism: “Seated Nude” (1909-10) “Girl with a Mandolin” (1910) Synthetic Cubism: “Accordionist (Pierrot)” (1911) “Still Life with Chair Caning” (1911- ...
- 4008: Michelangelo
- ... off a horse. Plus, his father was an abusive man. So, he had to be sent to a safer place with a safer family. When he arrived, all he wanted to do is sculpt all day. His mom healed and got sick again and died when Michelangelo was only 6 years of age. Michelangelo moved to Florence, Italy at the age of sixteen. At Florence, he received his first formal schooling ... it was complete. Then, Michelangelo died on February 18, 1564. Men dedicated their lives to work for him. He was a truly great artist with the brush and with the hammer and chisel. By Michael D’Amico
- 4009: Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Mandela We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality ... practice of the same type of control over the Blacks. It was argued that the “heathens” could not have their land back until they were civilized the European standards (Manzo). With the election of Dr. D.F. Malan's Nationalist Party in 1948, the concepts of apartheid became officially government policy. From 1948 on, official apartheid principles were put into practical effect, and Malan's government passed bills designed to maintain ...
- 4010: Ignatius of Antioch
- ... the prophets, become Instruments of God. Our main means of receiving this grace Is through the Eucharist, which Ignatius calls the medicine of immortality and defines as the real presence of Christ. By 98 A.D. when Ignatius was arrested in Antioch during the persecution of Trojan, he was known throughout the Christian world. Wherever the ship carrying him to Rome touched port he was greeted by hundreds of Christians. He ... death he was venerated as a saint by the universal Church. Today St. Ignatius of Antioch is remembered in the listing of the saints in the First Eucharistic Prayer. He is remembered on his feast day of October 17th which is celebrated by the universal Church.
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