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- 10011: Nathanial Hawthorne
- ... obscure man, who was stubborn and protected what was his. His rival arrived at the settlement about 30 to 40 years after Maule had been there. Colonel Pyncheon, an ambicious and determined man, had a high position in the town. It was said that Colonel Pyncheon was very much for the execution of those who practiced witchcraft, and it was also said that he very strongly sought the condemnation of Matthew ...
- 10012: Ben Franklin’s Involvement in the Age of Reason
- ... He participated in many political activities that were pertinent to the world peace problem. The Declaration of Independence gave the people freedom. He involved himself in the Constitution, along with other peace treaties. He had high hopes for political liberty, or liberty itself. He once had problems back in Boston, his original hometown, with his brother, and had to leave only to obtain personal liberty. This was esplained in greater detail ...
- 10013: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... into the world with a bright future. (Freedman, p.8-11) While growing up, Roosevelt never attended public schools, always private. In 1896, Franklin’ s parents placed him in Groton, a very exclusive prep/boarding school, located in Massachusetts. (Freedman, p.13) It was at Groton, where Roosevelt would learn about manners, etiquette, as well as how to be successful later in life, which he soon would be on his way ...
- 10014: Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
- ... all subsequent equestrian monuments; and twin bronze pulpits for the Medici church of San Lorenzo in Florence, just before his death there on Dec. 13, 1466. In the late 1440s Donatello also executed a complex high altar for Padua's church of San Antonio containing seven life-size bronze statues, 21 bronze reliefs, and a large limestone relief.
- 10015: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... the whole.” If this is true at least Harvard is where he says his, “...mind commenced its characteristic and beautiful activity.” Over the years Emerson became interested in the church and eventually enrolled in divinity school. In 1829 Emerson married seventeen year old Ellen Tucker, however seven months later, she died of “consumption.” With Ellen’s death, Emerson’s and most tender and loving relationship was lost. It is possible that ...
- 10016: Caravaggio
- ... of the Knight of Malta and was awarded the Cross of the Order of Knighthood. While in Malta he painted several pictures. But as usual his temper wound him in trouble. This time with a high official of the judicature, who had him thrown into prison. On October 6 he escaped, took ship and landed at Syracuse. On the verge of a nervous breakdown he wandered about Sicily visiting Messina and ...
- 10017: The Life and Work of Frederick Douglass
- ... challenge that the burdens of everyday slavery could not give. Learning to read and write was a challenge simply because the resources were not there. He used wit and good natured cunning to trick local school boys into teaching him the alphabet. If he had never sought knowledge, he would never been able to write any of his autobiographies which live on even today as important accounts of slavery. Also, without ...
- 10018: Emily Dickinson: Life and Her Works
- ... kindly stopped for me- The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality. We slowly drove-He knew no haste And I had away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility- We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess-in the ring- We passed the fields of Gazing Grain- We passed the Setting Sun Or rather- He passed Us- The Dews drew quivering and chill- For only Gossamer, my ...
- 10019: Elie Wiesel
- ... He was a cultured man concerned about his community yet, he was not an emotional man. His parents were owners of a shop and his two oldest sisters worked for his parents. Elie was a school boy and interested in studying the Zohar “the cabbalistic books, the secrets of Jewish mysticism”(Wiesel 3). His teacher was a foreigner, Moshe the Beadle, a “poor barefoot of Signet”(Wiesel 3). He was Elie ...
- 10020: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... 500 dollars. He was nervous and unstable, and he began to drink. Despite his frequenting liquor, he could never hold it well. He would easily become ill from the alcohol. Allan angrily withdrew Poe from school, and a few months later Poe left home. For the next four years Poe struggled to earn a living as a writer. He returned to Mrs. Clemm's home and submitted stories to magazines. His ...
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