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- 7421: Charles Darwin
- ... not favorably equipped will die preventing overpopulation of the earth. In November, 1859, Darwin published The Origin of Species in which he proposed his ideas of evolution. The first edition was sold out on the day of publicatio n and by 1860 over five thousand copies had been sold. Instantaneously conflict arose and "Darwinism" was put on trial. Darwin was attacked as a blasphemous radical by the church. Scientific journals contained ...
- 7422: The Comparison and Contrasting of the Masters of Fredrick Douglass
- ... with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel. Anthony would whip other members of his family until blood ran freely right in front of him, Douglass says, “I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood (3 ...
- 7423: Michael Jackson
- ... another for $100,000 to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. Michael receives $25,000 for his contribution which he donates to charity. Michael still keeps his Heal The World Foundation going until this day.
- 7424: Albert Einstein
- ... for a world government. His fame, at this point, was legendary. People from all over would write to him for advice, and he would often answer them. He also continued his scientific research until the day he died. This was on April 18, 1955. There is no doubt that he was dissatisfied that he never was able to find the true meaning of existence that he strove for all his life ...
- 7425: Abraham Lincoln
- ... agitated John Wilkes Booth to be-gin first to abduct Lincoln, and then to kill him. On April 14,1865, Lincoln went to attend a movie, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. There Booth entered the presidential box and shot Abraham, who sadly died the next morning at 7:22. Lincoln achieved saving the Union and freeing the slaves. He was a great president and greatly ...
- 7426: Leonardo Da Vinci
- ... motion of water, and shadows (About Leonardo). At the age of 17, in about 1469, Leonardo was apprenticed as a garzone (studio boy) to Andrea del Verrocchio, the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his day. In Verrocchio’s workshop Leonardo was introduced to many techniques, from the painting of altarpieces and panel pictures to the creation of large sculptural projects in marble and bronze. In 1472 he was accepted in ...
- 7427: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... of America, the colonists were thought of as upstart fools- dreamers believing the impossible. English royalists were aghast at the indignation of the colonies to separate from England and form their own country. In present day, the United States is the sole world power, a great country born out of dreams. "Self-Reliance" expressed the need for creative thinking. Society during Emerson's era resisted reform and scorned the reformer. Emerson ...
- 7428: The Autobiography of Malcom X
- ... After some thoughts and the agreement of Malcolm X’ spiritual leader, Mr Elijah Muhammad, he accepted under the condition that all money would go to Mr Muhammad’s organisation, the Nation of Islam. From this day until his early death, Malcolm X would regularly tell Alex Haley his life and thoughts, who ordered it and wrote it down. After "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," Alex Haley completed his own contribution to ...
- 7429: Experiencing Can Be Corrupting
- ... acts are the influential and corrupting force upon Brown’s innocent mind. As the story finishes up, the reader is told about the effects of the corrupting experience on Brown’s life. “On the Sabbath day, when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear and drowned all the blessed strain” (Hawthorne 112). And to further enhance his ...
- 7430: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome And Fetal Alcohol Effects
- ... age. [11] In one study, Mills et al [12] prospectively studied 31604 pregnancies in an attempt to determine how much drinking in pregnancy is safe. The consumption of at least one to two drinks a day was associated with a substantially increased risk of giving birth to a growth-retarded baby. [12] Alpert and Zuckerman [13] have pointed out confounding risk factors regarding alcohol use during pregnancy. Problems of historical accuracy ...
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