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- 1311: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt was an honest person who had responsibility and compassion towards her husband, family and her fellow man, whatever their social status. She used great citizenship and initiative actions in dealing with anyone who was fortunate enough to make her acquaintance. Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken advocate of social justice. During the years she has taken over a lot of responsibility. For someone who spent the first third of her life as shy and timid, she showed great courage once she was thrust into the presidential "spotlight". Most Americans considered her a true "American Hero". "Ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, I now announce the presence of our first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt", is something similar to what you would hear when being addressed at a press conference or important meetings. She was a well respected human being, achieving great duties and responsibility in life. She was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be on the first Peace Corps advisory board. She was such an active lady while her husband was in office ...
- 1312: Filial Piety
- ... of states. "It is said in the Book of Poetry: Be apprehensive, be cautious, As if on the brink of a deep abyss, As if treading on thin ice."2 Notes 1The king had a great altar to the spirit (or spirits) presiding over the land. The color of the earth in the center of it was yellow; that on each of its four sides differed according to the colors assigned ... extinction of the ruling house. 2. Shi, II, v, ode 1, stanza 6, p. 333. Mao 195. This passage is cited by Zeng Zi in Analects 8.3. IV Filial Piety in High Ministers and Great Officers "They do not presume to wear robes other than those appointed by the laws of the ancient kings, nor to speak words other than those sanctioned by their speech, nor to exhibit conduct other ... them. When these three things (their robes, their words, and their conduct) are all complete as they should be, they can then preserve their ancestral temples1. This is the filial piety of high ministers and great officers. "It is said in the Book of Poetry: He is never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man."2 Notes 1. Their ancestral temples were to the ministers and ...
- 1313: Octavian Augustus
- ... Augustus is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian enabled the long, peaceful time of the Pax Romana by changing Rome from a fragile, crumbling republican government to a great and mighty empire. Octavian's government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mishandled the Empire. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. During the ... within a year, three more men had come to power: Marc Antony, Ledipus and Octavian. They were to form the Second Triumvirate. Octavian was born on September 23, 63 B.C.E. (Coppolino 1997). His great-uncle was Julius Caesar and therefore he had many political connections in Rome. Octavian was favored by Caesar from an early age (Coppolino 1997). "In 48 Caesar had his fifteen-year-old great-nephew elected to the priestly college of the pontifices, and he also enrolled him in the hereditary patrician aristocracy of Rome"(Coppolino 1997). Octavian joined Caesar in 46 B.C.E. on campaign against ...
- 1314: Analysis Of Similes In The Ill
- In the Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use everyday activities, at least for the ... his personal views, as happens with modern day political "spin". These views that Homer might be trying to get across might be trying to favor Troy. It could easily be imagined that throughout time, only great things were heard about the Greeks mettle in war, and that Homer is attempting to balance the scales a bit by romanticizing the Trojan peoples, especially Hector, and bringing to light the lesser-heard tales ... also feel pity for them? This is a wonderful simile that brings home the nervous twitchiness that would denote a person scared to death in such a situation. Later in Book Five there is a great dichotomy of similes. First, Hera comes down "flying like turtledoves in eagerness to help the Argives." followed by a scene surrounding Diomedes where his men are "fighting like lions or wild boars." Both of ...
- 1315: Hermes Carrying The Infant Dionysos
- ... and the statues being created were simply claims of superiority and high status. The people became worried about how these powerful individuals would relate with society. Several Persian defeats had just occurred and Alexander the Great had defeated the Persian Empire. Many wars were occurring at this time, between Athens and Sparta during the end of the fifth century, and many during the first half of the fourth century. Art and ... at the same time casual, and they were also harmonious, rhythmic, and proportional. Praxiteles, the sculptor of Hermes carrying the infant Dionysos, was one of the greatest artists during this period, what people called “The Great Age”. Praxiteles was Athenian, and a leader of The Great Age. He is also the only artist from who we still have original work. Praxiteles’ style has many traits. His sculptures are often youthful, graceful and beautiful. The eyes of sculptures often have a “ ...
- 1316: Oregon Trail
- CROSSING THE Great Plains The Oregon Trail was an overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country, was the way to travel back in the 1840’s through the 1860’s. In 1843 the "Great Emigration" began and the west would never be the same after the out set of the travelers. The pioneers by wagon train did not, however, follow any single narrow route. In open country the different ... Fort Laramie, then to the present Casper, Wyo. and through the mountains by the South Pass to the Colorado River. The travelers then went to Fort Bridger, from which the Mormon Trail continued to the Great Salt Lake, while the Oregon Trail went northwest across a divide to Fort Hall, on the Snake River. The California Trail branched off to the southwest, but the Oregon Trail continued to Fort Boise. ...
- 1317: Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill: Britain’s Man of the Century Never give in–never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston S. Churchill It was ... for Literature in 1953 for his six volume history of World War II. But there is much more to this noble man other than his tongue and his pen. Sir Winston Spencer Churchill is a great mind because of the everlasting impression he left on Britain through his genuine leadership, his firm resolution, and his unrelenting defiance. It was divine intuition that put Winston Churchill in a position of leadership made ... the words that he spoke and through his idea of forming the "Grand Alliance". When his speeches were broadcasted over the radio during wartime, Britain stopped. Every citizen listened to each word he said with great attentiveness. Churchill’s Blood, Sweat and Tears speech is a fine example of his beautiful art of speaking as it filled the people of Britain with much needed hope and bountiful courage: You ask, ...
- 1318: Walt Whitman 3
- ... was a very strong believer in his religion. Whitman use of themes discusses his own individuality and personality; he wanted to explain the democracy of America, and its achievements, while giving poetical thought to the great mysteries that plagued mankind of his generation. The human self was comprised of physical and spiritual annex which both contained a self and soul as was characterized by Whitman. The self that Whitman spoke of ... break away from the feudal past and progress to the democratic future, for Whitman held no regard for humans with titles of nobility, he only wrote poetry for the common man. Whitman regarded everything with great importance for example, a single leaf of grass, was as important to him as the heavenly motion of the stars. Whitman s love of America was due to his panoramic view of the scenery and its diverse democratically inclined people America, this great land is full of democracy and republicanism (Cowley 143). This great man was the writer of the self and the publisher of democracy, because he believed that only in a free society could individuals ...
- 1319: Poetry And Langston Hughes
- ... satisfying. Ironically, the “sweet” turns out to be yet another disappointment. It leaves a thick taste as the good taste of the spoiled sweet goes away. The deferred dream consists of little things of no great effect individually. Once bound up together, they create an immense tension. The tension builds as time goes by and becomes overwhelming for anyone to handle for an extensive amount of time. This is the “load ... the rivers” (McMahon, Day, and Funk 589). “It is a sonorous evocation of transcedent essences so ancient as to appear timeless, predating human existence, longer than human memory” (Jemie 103). This poem utilizes symbolism at great extent. For example, the rivers symbolize an extension of God’s body and contribute to His immortality. The rivers chosen for the poem are all famous rivers that are recognized as having mystery and a ... belongs to an individual that has bonded with the rivers’ essences, thus giving him/her the immortality of the rivers (or God’s immortality). The turning point that leads to the prosperous future is the great Mississippi turning from muddy water into gold. This represents President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation. As time goes by, civilizations rise and fall while the rivers deepen. This in turn gives the “soul” more experience ...
- 1320: Filial Piety
- ... of states. "It is said in the Book of Poetry: Be apprehensive, be cautious, As if on the brink of a deep abyss, As if treading on thin ice."2 Notes 1The king had a great altar to the spirit (or spirits) presiding over the land. The color of the earth in the center of it was yellow; that on each of its four sides differed according to the colors assigned ... extinction of the ruling house. 2. Shi, II, v, ode 1, stanza 6, p. 333. Mao 195. This passage is cited by Zeng Zi in Analects 8.3. IV Filial Piety in High Ministers and Great Officers "They do not presume to wear robes other than those appointed by the laws of the ancient kings, nor to speak words other than those sanctioned by their speech, nor to exhibit conduct other ... them. When these three things—(their robes, their words, and their conduct)—are all complete as they should be, they can then preserve their ancestral temples1. This is the filial piety of high ministers and great officers. "It is said in the Book of Poetry: He is never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man."2 Notes 1. Their ancestral temples were to the ministers and ...
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