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- 6211: Robert Frost
- ... working man. He understands that a working mans' value is measured by the amount and the quality of the work that he does, and an example of a poem where this is used is The Death of the Hired Man. In this poem, Silas, an old man, returns to a farm where he has worked sporadically in the past, and wishes to work again. The owner of the farm and his ...
- 6212: Robert E. Lee
- ... microd.com/~aetic/theman.htm 3). Then in 1870, Robert E. Lee went to Georgia in search of good health. Sadly on October 12 Robert E. Lee died of heart problems in Lexington. After his death, his name was joined with that of his lifelong hero, and Washington College became Washington and Lee University. Bibliography Works Cited Thomas, Emory M. Robert E. Lee A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company ...
- 6213: Richard Nixon
- ... he would resign the next day to begin "that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." In his last years, Nixon gained praise as an elder statesman. By the time of his death on April 22, 1994, he had written numerous books on his experiences in public life and on foreign policy.
- 6214: Raoul Wallenberg
- ... in the Budapest mission to head the rescue effort for the Jews (Anger 49,50). So Raoul set up hiding places, gave out fake passports of neutral Sweden to those on there way to certain death. He bribed guards, clerks, and police to detain certain people wile Raoul snuck Jews to safety (Cusack). Wallenberg came up with an idea to make protective passports. These were the identification papers in blue and ...
- 6215: Ralph Waldo
- ... and was a teacher for three years in Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and started to lecture. Then in 1836, he helped to start the Transcendental Club. The Transcendental Club was formed for ...
- 6216: Pocahontas
- ... compassionate girl, and saw to it that the colonists got food. She was also known to have saved lives of certain colonists. John Smith wrote that Pocohontas was " the instrument to pursurve this colony from death, famine and utter confusion." I would consider her to be a hero to the lives she saved, and a role model for someone who helps out someone without asking for anything back. She doesnt ...
- 6217: Pierre Trudeau
- Pierre Trudeau Pierre Trudeau will certainly not be forgotten, even after his death. In my opinion he accomplished a lot for Canada but I disliked his crazy ways of politics, to me the way he does things dont make much sense. Unlike other politicians Pierre Trudeau, had ...
- 6218: Pierre De Fermat
- ... Then Marin Mersenne, French philosopher, mathematician, Jesuit theologian, and scientist died in the year 1648. Finally Mr. Pierre de Fermat died in the year 1665. Some of the most striking results were discovered after his death on loose sheets of paper or written in the margins of works which he had read and annotated. These annotations are unsupported by proof. Scholars cannot say that Mr. Fermat's theorems are positive until ...
- 6219: Paul Ehrlich
- ... different chemicals, he would have never combined the chemical known as number 606. Ehrlich helped Emil von Behring find an antitoxin for diphtheria. Diphtheria is a disease that particularly affects children and sometimes leads to death. In 1894, mothers no longer had to worry about their child dying of diphtheria because of Ehrlichs help in the discovery of the antitoxin for the deadly disease. Another discovery Ehrlich made was of ...
- 6220: P. T. Barnum
- ... named Joice Heth. She was being exhibited as the 161-year-old former nurse to George Washington. As crazy as the fib was the public loved it. Heth earned him a sizeable profit before her death, the next year. Barnum had an autopsy done and found out Heth was only 80 years old and claimed he to had been fooled by her. Next Barnum signed a juggler named Vivala and toured ...
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