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- 6151: Biography of Pocahontas
- ... no more savage than the English customs of public disembowelment of thieves and the burning of women accused of being witches. In May of 1607, English colonists arrived on the Virginia shoreline with hopes of great riches. They established a settlement that they named Jamestown. Little Pocahontas watched as these strangers built forts and searched for food. She eventually became quite familiar with them and brought the near starving settlement food ... Captain John Smith led an expedition and was taken captive by the Indians. He was taken to Werowocomoco, 12 miles from Jamestown and the official residence of chief Powhatan. He was treated kindly and a great feast was prepared in his honor, which he would later record in his report, A True Relation, published in 1608. Smith was injured in a gunpowder accident in 1609 and returned to England. Later in ...
- 6152: Hemingway and His Writing Style
- ... in the world. In this book, the hero accepts the people around him, not only a few select members of the distinguished, but with the whole community. The organization of this community is stated with great eloquence in the quotation from one of the poet John Donne’s sermons upon the death of a close friend. This is the quotation from which the book takes its title: No man is an ... signified the postwar generation and the literary movement produced by the young writers of the time (Unger 654). Their writing reflected their belief that “the only reality was that life is harsh” (Bryfonski 1874). A great deal has been written about Ernest Hemingway’s distinctive style. Ever since he began writing in the 1920’s, he has been the subject of lavish praise and sometimes savage criticism. He has not been ...
- 6153: Mohandas K. Gandhi: “Live Simply So Others Can Simply Live”
- ... the age of 78 Gandhi was assassinated by an Indian who was opposed to and resented Gandhi’s program of tolerance for all creeds and religions. The Indian people called Gandhi the Mahatama which means “Great Soul.” The guiding factor in his life was seeking for the truth. He firmly believed truth could be known only through tolerance and concern for others; and that to find the way to truthful solutions ... government knew they had to change the constitution. They knew that if Gandhi died, they would have a revolution on their hands. In studying Mohandas Gandhi, I have developed a profound sense of respect and great admiration for this man. It is totally beyond belief how this meek, little man was able to stand up for what he believed in and exemplify how to fight for his rights without means of ...
- 6154: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... Concerti, the Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord, the Mass in B-Minor, the motets, the Easter and Christmas oratorios, Toccata in F Major, French Suite No 5, Fugue in G Major, Fugue in G Minor ("The Great"), St. Matthew Passion, and Jesu Der Du Meine Seele. He came from a family of musicians. There were over 53 musicians in his family over a period of 300 years. Johann Sebastian Bach was born ... solo virtuoso. His growing mastery of compositional forms, like the fugue and the canon, was already attracting interest from the musical establishment - which, in his day, was the Lutheran church. But, like many people of great talent, he was never very good at playing the political game, and consequently suffered drawbacks in his career. He was passed over for a major position, which was Kapellmeister (Chorus Master) of Weimar, in 1716 ...
- 6155: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... one centrifugal, the other centripetal (toward the center) - rather than as the result of one force, a centripetal force, which constantly deflects the body away from its inertial path in a straight line. Newton's great insight of 1666 was to imagine that the Earth's gravity extended to the Moon, counterbalancing its centrifugal force. From his law of centrifugal force and Kepler's third law of planetary motion, Newton deduced ... breakdown in 1693, he retired from research to seek a government position in London. In 1696 he became Warden of the Royal Mint and in 1699 its Master, an extremely lucrative position. He oversaw the great English recoinage of the 1690s and pursued counterfeiters with ferocity. In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society and was reelected each year until his death. He was knighted (1708) by Queen Anne ...
- 6156: Issac Newton
- ... write in notebooks, or invent toys. He made no friends. Silent and dreamy, he was at the bottom of his class. Oddly, it was a savage kick by a school bully that caused Newton's great mind to awaken. The mild, dreamy boy flew into a rage and beat the other boy thoroughly. Isaac determined to beat the bully in school work as well. Soon Isaac was at the head of ... in other ways. In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society, and in 1705 he was knighted by Queen Anne. Isaac Newton died in 1727. He was burried in Westminster Abbey, among the great men of England. His statue stands today in the hall of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Bibliography: David C. knight. "isaac Newtons, Mastermind of modern Science" Groiler inc. Canada, 1969.
- 6157: Leadership Ability of Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
- ... he was on the side of right and good, and to stir intense emotions within both his followers and his enemies. Both LBJ and RFK showed outward signs of leadership to varying degrees. LBJ had great ideas for social reform, ones that his constituency could relate to, however he was unable to make good decisions regarding the Vietnam conflict, was also unable to keep track of what the American public wanted. This, in the end, cost him his presidency. RFK, on the other hand, possessed all of the major qualifications for great leadership: he had a far-reaching social agenda, marvelous credibility, and a sense of right and wrong which made decision making easier. Both men had the ability to be good leaders under certain circumstances; it ...
- 6158: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... believed that the city protest should be led by someone who could unify the community. Unlike the NAACP, the recently arrived King had no enemies. Furthermore the NAACP saw King’s public-speaking gifts as great assets in the battle for black civil rights in Montgomery. King was soon chosen as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization that directed the bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott lasted for more ... racial equality are tactics used from the everyday working-class citizen, to some of the most highly recognized officials all around the world just as Gandhi’s use of peaceful and nonviolent protest had a great impact on the way Dr. King did things to gain justice and equality.
- 6159: John Gough
- ... Manchester will bury John in the following week, honoring him with a monument and statue. * Over 400,000 people viewed John and had a procession more than a mile long. You were a man of great mind-- A man of such knowledge, Knowledge that was so great, You gave Chemistry a language-- Oh, what a man. A Quaker that needed no money-- That was not selfish. Composed experiments for the use of himself, Not to make money-- Oh, what a man. Who ...
- 6160: Tina Turner
- ... The Kings of Rhythm” asked Anna’s sister to sing, and she refused. So Anna decided to take the spot light and got up there and sang, that’s when Ike first realized what a great voice she had. Once Ike heard this great voice, he immediately wanted to start a business with her. Anna became the new lead singer in “The Kings of Rhythm”. After many hits, Ike wanted to leave “The Kings of Rhythm” with Anna, and ...
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