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- 8471: Eastern Philosophy
- ... of heaven, earth, and humanity. TAOISM: The second great philosophy of the classical age was. The philosopher Lao-tzu, who probably lived during the 6th century BC, is usually regarded as the founder of this school. Whereas Confucianism sought the full development of human beings through moral education and the establishment of an orderly hierarchical society, Taoism sought to preserve human life by following the Way of Nature (Tao) and by ...
- 8472: Evangilista Torricelli
- ... the fact that Galileo had not made this discovery in connection with the pressure of air. The barometer is today one of the most important scientific instruments, while the Torricellian method of getting a very high vacuum is still often employed. Another discovery was the law of efflux of a liquid, through a small opening in the wall of a vessel. He also constructed a number of large objectives and small ...
- 8473: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... before Edgar's third birthday and Edgar was taken in to the home of John and Fanny Allan in Richmond, Va. The Allans lived in England for five years (1815-1820) where Edgar also attended school. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia. Although a good student he was forced to gambling since John Allan did not provide well enough. Allan refused to pay Edgar's debts and Edgar had ...
- 8474: The Invasion Of Poland 1939
- ... he got the last word in on Hitler and this made him angry, so a meeting was arranged with a Foreign Office Professor. The Foreign Office Professors name was Carl Burkhardt he was the League High Commissioner in Danzig. Burkhardt sent a letter to Poland discussing the meeting with Hitler. The letter said " Herr Hitler looked...much older and whiter. He gave the impression of fear, and seemed nervous, pathetic, and ...
- 8475: Women In Western Society
- ... from industrialization because unskilled workers were excepted to work in the first industrialization; the second industrialization demanded skilled workers. The boys and girls with education had a new road up a head for them. In school they were taught to read and write, math, literature and singing and some drawing. But girls did less math and no science instead they were taught to wash, sew, cook, all prerequisites for a housewife ...
- 8476: Loosing Through Surviving
- ... the estate of the "wicked" Lord Byron, George Gordon's uncle. The estste was called Newstead Abbey. During Byron's youth he was plagued by his foot and batteled constantly with obesity. He went to school in Dulwich, in 1799, and to Harrow in 1801. In 1803 he went back to Newstead Abbey to live with his tenant, Lord Grey. It was here that he started to court his distatnt cousin ...
- 8477: Lincoln And His Generals
- ... Civil War era and had a great effect on Williams. He attended Platteville State Teachers College (later Wisconsin State University at Platteville) where he received a B.Ed in 1931. Williams continued education into graduate school was mainly due to the lack of work during the Great Depression. He went on to earn a Ph.M. in 1932, and Ph.D. in 1937, from the University of Wisconsin (Dawson 431). Lincoln ...
- 8478: Life In Rome
- ... the baby. The father could accept or reject the child. To accept the child, the father would pick it up. The baby is given a name eight or nine days later. Children were sent to school at about age six or seven. "The Twelve Tables decreed that a man might only sell his son three times." There are tree types of marriage in Rome. Parents permission was required for all marriages ...
- 8479: Life In Ancient Greece
- ... might have a little bit of oil in them. If they are lucky they will be warm for the night. Men have to work extremely hard. That is if they have a job. Unemployment is high; 12 to 15 million are without jobs. Men walk all day in search of work. If they are lucky they might find some. The pay is bad and the conditions are bad, but they don ...
- 8480: Lewis And Clark Across Idaho
- ... and fallen timber. Since the hunters were unsuccessful this day, the expedition party killed a colt for meat. They named the creek they found Colt Killed Creek. The next day, the party reached elevations as high as seven thousand feet, on todays Wendover Ridge. Travel was incredibly difficult. There was a steep descent that was made even more difficult, by the excessive quantity of fallen timber. Several horses slipped and ...
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