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- 4661: Napoleon 4
- ... place huge cannonballs flew by above us, thundering so violently that we would have believed the earth would burst to pieces. When everyone was almost on top of the earthwork, the Prussians were slaughtered with great vigor, and the rest took flight into the gate...."1 The Napoleonic War was costly in lives, finances, and property damage. In the Russian campaign alone, the Grand Army of Napoleon that started out with ... grand theater for which he was born. Fortune had no doubt done much for Napoleon; but by the force of his character, the activity and lucidity of his mind, and by his genius for the great combinations of military science, he had risen to the level of the position which she had destined for him....Master of himself, he soon became master of events. In whatever time he had appeared he ...
- 4662: Napoleon
- ... betrayed some of the revolution s beliefs and much of his achievements were incomplete. Napoleon s achievements in Europe were mainly for his own purposes he wanted to enhance his prestige and make France a great nation. He appears to have had little interest in helping the European people. Napoleon, although his main achievements centered on areas such as administration, had other remarkable, although minor, achievements in France. He improved the ... for France, Europe and their people. This can be proven in this statement given after his victory over Austria in Italy: I realized that I was a superior being and conceived the Ambition of performing great things . Napoleon s achievements in Germany and Italy were not for the benefit of these nations, as he himself admitted: If I conquered other kingdoms, I did so in order that France would be the ...
- 4663: Mozart 2
- ... than his predecessor had been, but the composer nonetheless produced some of his earliest masterpieces. The famous Sinfonia concertante for violin, violo and orchestra was written in 1780, and the following year Mozart's first great stage work, the opera Idomeneo, was produced in Munich, where Mozart also wrote his Serenade for 13 wind instruments, K361. On his return from Munich, however, the hostility brewing between him and the archbishop came ... Vienna's St Stephen's Cathedral Mozart married Constanze Weber. Soon afterwards he initiated a series of subscription concerts at which he performed his piano concertos and improvised at the keyboard. Most of Mozart's great piano concertos were written for these concerts, including those in C, K467, A, K488 and C minor, K491. In these concertos Mozart brought to the genre a unity and diversity it had not had before ...
- 4664: Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as found on the World Wide Web Of all the great composers throughout the years, possibly the most famous ever would be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Few composers ever have led such a remarkable life of left such a remarkable lasting legacy of music in such a ... form or style, and his work leaned heavily on his predecessors. One can argue though that through his original contributions he changed the forms of the works entirely (Mozart the Modernist pg.2). He had great emotional depth and his symphonies would combine perfect formal symmetry and symphonic design with emotional expressions that would remain unequal until Beethoven and Schubert (Wolfgang). His melodies were always perfectly shaped and designed would come ...
- 4665: Michael Jordan 2
- ... best today and I m going to show you and tomorrow I m going to show you and the next day I m going to show you again. That was how he competed. All the great geniuses of the world were like that. We re talking about Einstein, Edison, and Roosevelt. These people came across something and worked to perfect it (Collins, 61). Michael Jordan is the most competitive human being ... players, he s the most impressive. (Dawkins, 98) All couches and teammates loved Michael. Former head coach Phil Jackson explains, Nobody has ever been better at the end of games than Michael. Oscar Robertson is great but this guy is closer at both ends. (Jackson, 26) Jud Buechler says, He really expects you to perform to the best of your ability. If you make a mistake because you re not talented ...
- 4666: Martin Luther 2
- ... s reforms, the Protestant Reformation would probably not have seen the light of day. But the religious practices being what they were in the Roman Church, there was little chance at that time for any great change. The Church of Rome, set in its ways, was not about to change into something else. If a change had occurred within the Roman Catholic Church, Luther would have had a different destiny. Luther ... completely on these concepts in order for the Roman Church to maintain its effectiveness as the representation of Christ. For Luther to take this position-required courage because he was taking on a force of great strength and authority. Luther did what most kings would fear to do. Luther's courage and boldness can be seen in his "Open Letter to Pope Leo X," "I have, to be sure, sharply attacked ...
- 4667: Mark Twain 4
- ... satire in this book to make the American people question why they would come to the "land of freedom" if they were planning on turning around and giving the government more authority than necessary. Another great example of Twain s use of satire is in his novel called Captain Stormfield s Visit to Heaven. This novel has very clear satirical targets and sticks to them the whole story (Rasmussen 419). As ... America. Twain s use of the vernacular lets the reader read more smoothly since they do not have to pay attention to the structural significance of the word. Since Mark Twain was the first truly great western author to define American writing, he has opened the way for many future authors to come. Works Cited Bloom, Harold. Interpretations of Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. NewYork: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986 ...
- 4668: Mark Antony 2
- ... objective was to start making a list of their enemies to be killed. The new triumvirate marched on the corrupt senate. In 42 BC, the two opposing armies met at Philippi where Antony led a great victory. The two assassins who were the leaders of the senate both committed suicide at the end. Cicero attempted to flee but was hunted down by the Antony s soldiers, captured and executed. His head ... made a bad decision to take Sicily for himself. As a result he was deprived of his powers and administrative positions to be sent to exile, where he stayed to his death. Antony wanted a great eastern empire and Cleopatra was willing to help. Once again tension between Antony and Octavian started to emerge. Antony told Octavian how he treated his sister Octavia. Octavian told the public Antony had been having ...
- 4669: Machiavelli And Plato
- ... policy.He does not infer that this account is the be all and end all of successful rule and acknowledges himself as a humble man who has taken the time to study the deeds of great men to form an ideology that can be taken by the reader, in this case Lorenzo Medici as he interprets it.He does not claim to have the answer to politics just a different perspective ... by way of analyses of the past and present. I have been unable to find among my possessions anything, which I hold so dear or esteem so highly as that knowledge of the deeds of great men, which I have acquired through a long experience of modern events and a constant study of the past. (Social and Political Philosophy. Somerville and Santoni p.101) It is from this initial examination of ...
- 4670: Michelangelo Buonarroti
- ... pale, but live, human. It is so realistic, it looks almost lifelike. There are so many details from the hair on his head, to the toenails on his toes. This work of art would have great value to anybody. It is so popular and priceless that it would be amazing just to see it in a museum. David is such a breathtaking statue, that it brings all emotions out of people ... in their home. On the other hand, if I were a huge art lover, I probably would buy it. It is one of the finest works of art ever, and to own it would be great in itself. To own such a statue would be an honor for an art lover, but it would feel a bit strange for me to own it. Michelangelo s David is without a doubt, one ...
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