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- 10001: Caesar
- ... went to the Curia which is the Senate House to listen to speeches and debates and watch the statesmen at work. Caesar was also often found at the Regia which is the offices of the High Priest because his uncle, Cuius Cotta held an important position in the College of Priests. Caesar learned a lot from his uncle, Gaius Marius (Grant, pg 34). Marius was involved in politics at a very ...
- 10002: Giorgione
- Giorgione was one of the most influential painters of the High Renaissance. However, much of his life remains a mystery. His given name, Zorzi da Castelfranco, makes his birthplace quite obvious. He was also known as Giorgio da Castlefranco, and Giorgio Barbarelli. Historians are even unsure ...
- 10003: Sinclair Lewis
- ... Isabel Warner. During his childhood he became very introverted since he didn't have many friends and he became interested in writing. In 1902, Lewis entered the Oberlin Academy in Ohio. He later left this school and enrolled in Yale. During his time in Yale University, he became the editor of the "Yale Literary Magazine". For two summers he worked on cattleboats. On his other summer vacations he went to England ...
- 10004: Andrew Carnegie: "Capt. of Industry" or "Robber Baron"?
- ... as well one of those people who saw a bigger future in one of the industries. It was steel. He was a "Captain of Industry" because he developed the complete production process of steel; the high demand allowed him to do that and still make a profit. Many people, though, accuse Carnegie of being a "Robber Baron". One might say he monopolized the steel market (owning 25% of it), made a ...
- 10005: Herman Melville Defined
- ... his grandfathers Revolutionary War heroes. This prompted him to seek a brave, courageous life, and then put his experiences on paper. Allan Melville died when his son was only twelve. This forced Herman to quit school and find work to help support the family. This cut his education short, and he never actually returned to organized schooling. He found jobs teaching writing at various schools but found it unrewarding, boring, and ...
- 10006: Joseph Stalin
- ... are beaten. But we do not want to be beaten! Stalin gives the idea that his way of economy would be great for Russia. At the beginning of the first Five Year Plan, Stalin set high goals for the industry, almost doubling the amount of production.Accordin to Joseph Stalin agricultural production can only be increased by eliminating the kulaks, the wealthy farmers, and create collective farms. Collective farms is when ...
- 10007: Thomas Aquinas
- ... will be found to equal him." His father was the count of Aquino. Thomas received his early education from at the abbey of Monte Cassino, but Thomas was so big and quiet that during his school days his fellow students called him the dumb ox. But before long, however, his true intelligence shone through his quiet exterior. Then Thomas entered the University of Naples. At the University of Naples his preceptors ...
- 10008: Stonewall Jackson
- ... north I feel I know more about the Unions role. Stonewall Jackson was born in 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the name Thomas Jonathan Jackson. He went through an inadequate country school as a child there. In 1842, he managed to secure a place for himself at the U.S. Military Academy. While there he was assigned to a war zone in Mexico (during the Mexican War ...
- 10009: Sigmund Freud: 1856 - 1939
- ... and Freud himself an avowed atheist. Freud was a good student, and very ambitious. Medicine and law were the professions then open to Jewish men, and in 1873 he entered the University of Vienna medical school. He was interested in science above all; the idea of practicing medicine was slightly repugnant to him. He hoped to go into neurophysiological research, but pure research was hard to manage in those days unless ...
- 10010: The Life of Julius Caesar
- ... reign, led to his brutal assassination. The senators had countless reasons to strike a blow, but they feared the public. His arrogance, pride, and self confidence was despised by the Senate. His egotism was so high, that at times, he projected his mortal position to that of a divine one. He refused to wear a kingly crown or be seated on a throne, but more or less, he was one in ...
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