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- 9131: Biography of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
- ... one found himself a widower with one surviving child, the other two having died previously. From that time he began a life of prayer and mortification, although separated from the world around him. On the death of his third child his thoughts turned to a life in some religious order. Previous associations had brought him into contact with the first Jesuits who had come to Spain, Bl. Peter Faber among others ...
- 9132: Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
- ... Miss Sullivan "Teacher." In 1905, Miss Sullivan married John Macy. Helen lived with the couple, who both now helped with her studies and other pursuits. Teacher and pupil were finally separated by Mrs. Macy's death in 1936.
- 9133: The Legend of Baby Doe
- ... was pregnant. Harvey was found by his father and brought back to Baby. He got another job working nights at a mine. On July 13, 1819, Baby Doe's baby boy was stillborn. After the death of his son, Harvey was a greatly absent husband. Though hesitant, Baby Doe finally decided to divorce him. She then moved to Leadville. Here, Baby met Horace A. W. Tabor who was, at that time ...
- 9134: Jefferson Davis: Leader of the Confederacy
- ... of Colonel Zachary Taylor, Davis' commander. At 21 Sarah agreed to Davis' marriage proposal against her mother and father's wishes. Three months after their marriage Sarah died of Malari al fever. After Sarah's death Davis stayed in virtual seclusion for seven years. After these sever years Davis felt that he had to move on, he meet Verina Howell a daughter of his friend, they seamed perfect for each other ...
- 9135: On Mr. Booker T. Washington's Trickery
- ... ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third its intelligence and progress; we shall contribute one-third to the business and industrial prosperity of the South, or we shall prove a veritable body of death, stagnating, depressing, retarding every effort to advance the body politic" (p.208-209). He states clearly that helping his cause it is not really a matter of choice. He is saying, either you help us ...
- 9136: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... and a guitarist. She lead many antiwar and civil rights movements in the U.S.. A third person could be Nehru, the first Indian Prime Minister of India. He was deeply saddened by Gandhi's death and could not have become Prime Minister without Gandhi's efforts. Indeed, Gandhi was a influential man who helped father the nation of India as we know it today. Without him, the Indians might still ...
- 9137: The Life of Walt Disney
- ... of stress. More than once he was forced to go on a vacation to relax. Now doctors said he may not live longer than two years.24 Roy Disney completed Disneyworld after his brother's death. Roy Disney was very close to Walt. On the evening of December 14, 1966 they talked about their ideas for the new park. The next morning Walt Disney died.25 Roy Disney's lack of ...
- 9138: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... The Snows of Kilimanjaro," who fits the above decription of a Hemingway Hero, lying incapacitated and ready to die, reveals through a series of flashbacks his own imperfections and regrets. What he experiences on his death bed is a moment of clarity, and is akin to the man of discipline who, in a time of stress, finds his own sensitivity and is able to see his true plight. The general idea ...
- 9139: A Biography on Carl Sandburg
- ... was a great man. His life was one of fame, once he began writing. He inspired many people. He also became an American Marvel. His works still remain read even today, 30 years after his death. His life was an interesting one. His parents immigrated to the US from Sweden. His parents moved to Galesburg, Illinois. He attended public schools. At the age of thirteen, he had to give up public ...
- 9140: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- ... novel and remarks misleadingly that it is "widely regarded as his spiritual autobiography" (Bone, pg. 39). The Uncalled is the story of the childhood and young manhood of Frederick Brent. The story opens with the death of his mother in circumstances of poverty. She has been abandoned by her drunken husband and sells her soul to the devil. The plot thickens when the question arises as to who will take care ...
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