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- 3481: Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
- ... points was to move man away from the center of creation and imply that he could hardly be its crowning glory. 1. By emphasizing that species changed, evolutionary theories apparently destroyed ancient notions of the Great Chain of Being, in which all living organisms had their proper place in a fixed, immutable order. 2. By emphasizing that species changed over time, evolutionary theories called into question the literal truth of the ... evolutionary theories made man, a recent arrival, seem pretty unimportant. To some extent, the science of geology, which prepared the way for Darwin, devastated the religious faith of many Victorian intellectuals by the time the great biologist wrote. Geologists had convinced that the earth's rock structure was millions, even hundreds of millions, of years old. 4. Darwin added one additional component of the theory that proved devastating to orthodox belief ... his behalf. As a result, the retiring Darwin was perceived as a model of quiet scholarship and family respectability. VICTORIAN SETTING During Darwin's productive years, the decades following 1832, the empowered political party in Great Britain was the radical and reforming Whigs who promoted the idea of Creation by God’s design. For them, Nature was a regular process, God a Lawgiver. Natural law - rather than Divine caprice - ruled ...
- 3482: Michael Faraday
- ... subsequent electro-technology. From his experiments came devices, which led directly to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. Faraday was also the greatest scientific lecturer of his day, who did much to publicize the great advances of nineteenth-century science and technology through his articles, correspondence and the Friday evening discourses that he established at the Royal Institution. The Royal Institution Christmas lectures for children, begun by Faraday, continue to ... of electromagnetism, Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnetic rotation: that is a continuous circular motion from the circular magnetic force around a wire. Ten years later, in 1831, he began his great series of experiments in which he discovered electromagnetic induction. These experiments form the basis of modern electromagnetic technology. On 29th August 1831, using his "induction ring", Faraday made one of his greatest discoveries - electromagnetic induction ... voltaic electricity produced by a battery, and static electricity were all the same. He also did significant work in electrochemistry, stating the First and Second Laws of Electrolysis. This laid the basis for electrochemistry, another great modern industry. Faraday's descriptive theory of lines of force moving between bodies with electrical and magnetic properties enabled James Clerk Maxwell to formulate an exact mathematical theory of the propagation of electromagnetic waves. ...
- 3483: Hannibal 2
- ... Massilia(modern Marseilles, France) (Lancel 21). Massilia is on the French coast where the Rhone River runs into the Mediterranean Sea. The Rhone is a wide river with a swift current, so it was a great obstacle to Hannibal. Scipio's troops set up camp by the sea, thinking that Hannibal would reach Massilia in the near future. But he did not realize how fast Hannibal was moving his troops (Lancel ... moved his entire army across the Rhone, fifty miles north of Massilia (Lancel 29). Although Hannibal's army had been reduced to fifty thousand infantry, nine thousand horses, and thirty-seven elephants, it was a great accomplishment to get across the Rhone. To transport the elephants, the men built rafts and covered them with dirt and branches, so that the elephants would think that they were walking on solid ground. Not ... the floor. He had drank a cup of poison ( Green 61). Hannibal was important in history because of his military expertise. Although he had learned many of his tactics from his father and Alexander the Great, he will always be known for his maneuvers in battle. He will also be remembered for being the first person to cross the Alps with elephants. Works Cited Green, Robert. Hannibal. New York: Franklin ...
- 3484: Harriet Stowe
- ... Which It is Based . President Lincoln read it before announcing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Yet today few people take the novel seriously. How could the novel that Abraham Lincoln described as having "made this great war," lose its vast audience? Readers may avoid her work today because we are more familiar with its caricature then we are with her novel. In the late 1800s, crude traveling shows adulterated Mrs. Stowe ... if taking every drop of blood in this poor old body would save your precious soul, I'd give 'em freely, as the Lord gave his for me. O, Mas'r! don't bring this great sin on your soul! It will hurt you more than 't will me! Do the worst ye can, my troubles'll be over soon; but, if ye don't repent, yours won't never end ... seventh of nine children. Her father was the well-known Congregational minister Lyman Beecher and his wife was Roxana Foote Beecher. Roxana Beecher died when her daughter was five years old, causing Beecher to feel great empathy, she felt, for slave mothers and children who were separated under slavery. As Elizabeth Ammons points out in her preface to the Norton edition, if Beecher had been a man, she probably would ...
- 3485: For Whom The Bell Tolls
- ... and it brought to power General Francisco Franco who ruled Spain from the end of the war until his death in 1975. Following the Spanish American War (1898), Spain lost the remainder of its once great empire. This defeat greatly increased dissatisfaction and the demands for change grew. People disagreed on the changes needed, however and Spanish politics became dominated by factions. In 1936 the Republic was in power in Spain ... see a scene such as the flailing to death in the plaza on the top of the cliff above the river." "The fascists were all held in the Ayuntamiento, the city hall…" "There was a great crowd outside and there was some levity outside and some shouting of obscenities, but most of the people were very serious and respectful." "… most had flails… and those who did not have flails had heavy ... fight is one of nervous despair. The men are riddled with angst and are snapping at each other. Jordan's plan which he had thought up the night before doesn't seem like such a great one now that morning is near. The situation has become progressively worse. He doesn't have enough men to overcome the enemy guard posts, and he has lost the equipment necessary to blow the ...
- 3486: The Grotesque in Flannery O’Connor
- The Grotesque in Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor, a prolific Southern author, was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925 during the Great Depression. After her father’s death from lupus when O’Connor was fifteen, she and her mother moved to Andulusia, a rural quail farm outside of Milledgeville, Georgia. O’Connor herself was diagnosed with lupus at ...
- 3487: Harriet Tubman
- ... for the promised land, Frien s, I m gwine to lebe you."3 They started off with her late one night, but went back home after losing courage. Harriet s escape was based on a great deal of chance and luck. She was fortunate to get a ride with a couple who happened to be abolitionists and were willing to help her travel north. Harriet arrived in Philadelphia and met William ... is a historical reconstruction of Harriet Tubman's raid during Christmas, 1854. The article is based the on the known facts written in the best-documented account of this raid in Wade in the Water: Great Moments in Black History, copywrite 1979, Johnson Publishing Co., Inc. By Christmas,1854, Tubman had already returned to Maryland five times or more lead thirty or forty slaves to freedom. She returned during the Christmas ... were to be forwarded across the country to the city. Tubman and her passengers were received and examined by William Still, the courageous black leader of the Underground Railroad. He considered Tubman to be a great leader of her time and one of the most brave women ever to live. According to Still, she was a woman who did not know fear and no human being could ever be compared ...
- 3488: John Quincy Adams
- ... French in 1908. When John Quincy had to say something about a certain subject he said it, no matter what his peers said. John Quincy had a big role in the problem with foreign policies. Great Britain seized many of our ships and cargoes, the Federalist merchants that were attacked said we should end this by appeasement, or satisfying them. Many people agreed with this idea. John Quincy did not, instead ... he angered others. John Quincy stood up for what he thought, and did not just join the bandwagon, if he did the United States would be different today. We would of went to war with Great Britain, or we would still have bad relations with Great Britain. The risk of being injured or killed was worth what he did. If he was killed he still would have been known as a fearless leader and a hero, for not backing down ...
- 3489: Barbituates
- ... Baeyer’s acid to synthesize a new drug, barbitol. What they were looking for was a drug that would combat the effects of anxiety and nervousness. They were successful but the side effects were too great. Barbiturates are drugs that cause depression of the central nervous system and are generally used to induce europhia. D.C. Heath’s Perspectives on HEALTH defines europhia as a feeling of intense happiness and well being. Most users take the pills ...
- 3490: Drugs And Alcohol
- ... of smell, and nose bleeds. More serious effects can be abnormal heartbeat, slower breathing, loss of memory, loss of ability to think clearly, and nervous system damage. The user can also develop feelings of persecution, depression, or hostility. (Dragan 193) Another type of drug is an upper(stimulant), it speeds you up. The most common of this type of drug is cocaine. Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the ... and the body's ability to fight and resist infections. The psychological risks are violent, erratic, or paranoid behavior, hallucinations and "coke bugs" see insects crawling over skin. Cocaine can also lead to confusion, anxiety, depression loss of interest in food or sex. Cocaine users often suffer big losses like, losing touch with reality, and loss of interest in family, sports, and friends. (Dragan 197) Hallucinogenic drugs are substances that distort ... falls, and automobile crashes have also been reported. Some physical risks include mangled, and unclear speech, decreased awareness of touch and pain, convulsion, coma, heart, and lung failure. Psychological risks associated with using hallucinogens is depression, anxiety, paranoia, confusion, loss of control, and flashbacks. (Dragan 202) Alcohol and drugs have many effects on a person mind and body, if chronic use of these substances occurs over long period of time, ...
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