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- 9971: Burton Freund
- ... fraternity (PBK) brother. This piece suggested that the only work the young man could get was as a porter, otherwise known as a red-cap. This piece was also a wood sculpture approximately three feet high. It is carved out of a single solid piece of Ebony wood, which is an extremely difficult medium to work with. To focus a little more closely on the aesthetic quality of Freund’s work ...
- 9972: Saint John of the Cross
- ... Spirit as our guide to a life of spirituality. John of the Cross was born Juan de Yepes in 1542 to a poor family of Spanish nobility. When John was a boy, he attended a school for poor children, gaining a basic education, and the opportunity to learn skills from local craftsmen. When he was 17, John began to work at the Plague Hospital de la Concepcion, and its founder offered ...
- 9973: Biography of Robert E. Lee
- ... become a cadet. Robert Lee entered the United States Military Academy at West Point where his classmates admired him for his brilliance, leadership, and his love for his work. He graduated from the academy with high honors in 1829, and he was ranked as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers at the age of 21. Lee served for seventeen months at Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, Georgia. In 1831 ...
- 9974: Socrates
- ... products they release. Socrates was right when he believed that advancement of the soul was more important than one’s personal gains. One could become wise if they respected others and did not assign a high priority to physical things. If we all lived by Socrates’ principles, many of our problems would be solved. It is hard for us to live that way, however, when we are discouraged by the vast ...
- 9975: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... the president and other government officials. The FBI’s reason for invading his privacy was that King associated with Communists and other “radicals”. After his death, King became known to represent black courage and achievement, high moral leadership, and the ability of Americans to address and overcome racial divisions. Recollections of his criticisms of U.S. foreign policy and poverty faded, and his soaring rhetoric call for racial justice and an ...
- 9976: John Muir
- ... through the country. John liked to climb and explore also. He and his brother would climb the walls of the one thousand year old Dunbar Castle and play at the seashore near their home. In school John read about the birds and forests of America. He wanted to see the American wilderness. John's father wanted to go to America and so he moved his family to Wisconsin. John loved it ...
- 9977: A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
- ... kids. His parents, Josiah and Abiah Franklin, were hard working devout Puritan/Calvinist people. Josiah Franklin made candles for a living. Since the Franklins were so poor, little Benjamin couldn't afford to go to school for longer than two years. In those two years, however, Franklin learned to read which opened the door to further education for him. Since he was only a fair writer and had very poor mathematical ...
- 9978: Malcolm X
- ... receiving threats from the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm's mother suffered a nervous breakdown and the welfare department took the eight children. Malcolm was sent first to a foster home and then to a reform school. After the eighth grade, Malcolm moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked at various jobs and eventually became involved in criminal activity. In 1946 he was sentenced to prison for burglary. While in prison, Malcolm ...
- 9979: Benito Mussolini
- Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini had a large impact on World War II. He wasn’t always a powerful dictator though. At first he was a school teacher and a socialist journalist. He later married Rachele Guide and had 5 children. He was the editor of the Avanti, which was a socialist party newspaper in Milan. Benito Mussolini founded the Fasci di ...
- 9980: Stephen Vicent Benet: An American Poet
- ... languid , long-refining tongue; Puzzle for days on one particular stare, Or if you knew a word’s peculiar force, Or what you looked liked when you were quite young. You’d lift me heaven-high-till a word grated. Dash me hell-deep--oh that luxurious Pit, Fatly and well encushioned with self-pity, Where Love’s an epicure not quickly sated! What mournful musics wander over it, Faint-blown ...
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