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- 2081: The Great Gatsby 16
- ... along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress. Her hand, which dangles over the side, sparkles cold with jewels. Gravely the men turn in at a house --- the wrong house. But no one knows the woman s name, and no one cares. (185) In this society money is the most important thing. Moral values are being bought and sold: the more money one has, the ...
- 2082: A. A. Milne
- ... was born as the youngest son to Sarah Marie and John Van Milne. (Collier, Nakamura 1685) A. A. and his two older brothers Davis Barrett (Barry) and Kenneth John (Ken) grew up in the Henley House. This was a school for boys that his father ran. (WWW) As Milne grew up, he and his brother Ken became very close although he showed no affection for Barry. This is how things stayed ... give them all names and personalities. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) Some animals that Christopher had were Pooh, Piglet, Tiger, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo. The settings of the stories that made up Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner is the Hundred Acre Wood. (Berger 665) By the time Christopher was three years old A. A. was writing books about his only child. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) During the war there was ...
- 2083: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- ... cloak Crosses himself, and sighs, alas! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, “Forever- -never! Never- - forever!” The verse above from Longfellow’s “The Old Clock on the Stairs.” In this poem, Longfellow commemorates the house of his wife’s maternal grandfather. He visited the house in the summer of 1843. The poem, however, was not written until November two years later. The poem itself is based on the words of Bridane, the French missionary, who said of eternity: “C’est ...
- 2084: Hitler
- ... it also meant he could go to be an Artist if he wanted. Alois left Hitler's mother well off. Adolf got a small amount each Month plus a small inheritance. They also owned another house in Leonding. Hitler went to live at a bay's boarding house in Linz to attend technical high school. Hitler was a very nervous and awkward boy who liked to read and draw but was very lazy in school. In 1903, when he returned from summer vacation ...
- 2085: A.A. Milne
- ... was born as the youngest son to Sarah Marie and John Van Milne. (Collier, Nakamura 1685) A. A. and his two older brothers Davis Barrett (Barry) and Kenneth John (Ken) grew up in the Henley House. This was a school for boys that his father ran. (WWW) As Milne grew up, he and his brother Ken became very close although he showed no affection for Barry. This is how things stayed ... give them all names and personalities. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) Some animals that Christopher had were Pooh, Piglet, Tiger, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo. The settings of the stories that made up Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner is the Hundred Acre Wood. (Berger 665) By the time Christopher was three years old A. A. was writing books about his only child. (Collier, Nakamura 1688) During the war there was ...
- 2086: Autobiography of Owen Archer
- ... finding good places to stay the nights. Rest and good food was important for our journey because many of the men were sore from riding most of the day. We stayed in barns and sometimes house people would lend us but they were always cold and damp because of all the moisture that was up there. It rained quite frequently which slowed us down, made us uncomfortable, and even when we ... the bottom of it. On our journey back to York Thoresby had Ned released to Matt’s custody provided he stays in the tower. Matt had dropped his guard again and Ned escaped to our house. Thoresby returned to Wykeham but then had his secretary Michaelo ride out and help us to bring Ned to Windesore because the king’s men were to take Ned to Windsor Castle where he was ...
- 2087: The Concept Of Justice In The
- ... of Laertes was not able to return home after the war he was once in: the Trojan War. Stuck on an island, he is presumed dead. In his absence, suitors for his wife ruin his house with lavish feasts. This epic poem, by Homer, describes how Odysseus, with the help of the gods, gets home and regains his kingship. Justice is always harsh in the Odyssey; there is either no justice ... planned and powerful. The suitors had many warning before they were punished for their actions. The first warning was made from Telemachus: I pray that Zeus will bring a day of reckoning, when in this house I will destroy you. . . In answer to his words, Zeus the Thunderer urged two eagles into flight from the mountain-top (pg. 21). Odysseus warned Amphinomous, the kindest of suitors, of what will happen; however ...
- 2088: Biography of Robert E. Lee
- ... Lee was made general in chief of all the Confederate armies. Richmond fell in April, 1865, and Lee's ragged army retreated westward. Northern forces cut off and surrounded Lee's troops at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant, on April 9, 1865. Grant tried to make the surrender as easy as possible, and allowed the Confederate troops to take their horses home for Spring plowing. As Lee ... horse Traveler, he told his army, "Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more." Lee's defeat at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marked the end of his brilliant military career.
- 2089: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology
- ... tired. Early Life Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1904 to William Arthur and Grace Madge Skinner. Skinner’s home was a warm and stable place. He lived in the house he was born in until he went off to college. Skinner also had a younger brother named Edmond James Skinner, born November 6, 1906. Skinner was very fond of his brother and loved him very ... up for it though, because he was always performing physical and chemical experiments while he was at home. His father was an avid book collector. Skinner always had a good library of books around his house. Skinner recalled the little collection of applied psychology journals that his father had bought. Those books could have been the starting point in his psychology career. Skinner grew up in a very religious family. His ...
- 2090: Thomas Edison
- ... Edison used rain-forest nuts to make phonograph needles. Japanese bamboo was used to make filament (wire) for his light bulb. The hair of the Amazon was used for a wig for the first talking doll. In the doll's chest was hidden a tiny phonograph speaker. In 1915, Edison was appointed president of the U.S. Navy Consulting Board. He believed that electricity would make weapons more powerful. He claimed to have made ...
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