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- 3391: Johann Bach
- ... talent. His profiency on the organ was unequalled in Europe - in fact, he toured regularly as a solo virtuoso - and 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 individuals of uncommon talent, he was never very good at playing the political game, and therefore suffered periodic setbacks in ...
- 3392: Jane Addams
- ... does mention that they both "inevitably exaggerated the difficulties of the situation" (171). As a member of the school board, Addams tried to influence the Federation to make changes that would be in the best interest of the children, but after the legal struggle and following months of constant change, many of the important measure were withdrawn. Although she did have an opportunity to debate these measures in a democratic way ...
- 3393: James Wilson
- ... revenues, the inability to allocate the resources in accord with the preferences of the organization, and agency goals are vested in groups that are external to the organization. These are largely legislatures, courts, politicians, and interest groups. These governmental constraints limit the efficiency of each organization.
- 3394: Isadora Duncan
- ... group for a year, traveling to England where they performed in London. When they returned to New York, Isadora quit dancing for the theater group. While traveling with the group, she had begun to take interest in the music of Ethelbert Woodridge Nevin. One day, while Isadora was choreographing, Nevin, who was working in a nearby studio, heard his music being played and came bursting into the room. He watched how ...
- 3395: Hume
- ... balances his words among the protagonists; to let the currency of his argument fall upon the shoulders of one person alone would not only destroy the Dialogue by definition, but would also diminish that dramatic interest in it which also constitutes its value. Philo begins the engagement of the problem of natural religion: [W]hen we look beyond human affairs and the properties of the surrounding bodies: When we carry our ...
- 3396: Henry Ford 2
- ... doors of the shed. So without hesitation he picked up an axe and chopped out enough of the shed to get it out. He began driving his four-cylinder "car" around town and attracted the interest of a group of investors. As quickly as this company was founded it was killed due to Ford's perfectionism. In the years following Henry continued tinkering with different variations of his car. He was ...
- 3397: Henry David Thoreau
- ... Here, he was talking about how he got all the information for his book Walden totally from experiences. Although Walden was only moderately successful in Thoreau's lifetime, his experiment in the wilderness did spark interest in young people. The book inspired people to follow his example and go to a lonely spot and wonder the world and find their place in it. For many, Walden served as a touchstone. Thoreau ...
- 3398: Henri Matisse
- ... use of color and form to convey emotional expression. Matisse discovered his artistic abilities when he had been bedstrucken with an attack of appendicitis. He became very fascinated and intrigued by painting and continued his interest by moving to Paris to study art formally. Some of his first influences were those of Gauguin, Cezanne, and Van Gogh. He studied their work very closely. Soon he adopted the technique of pointillism and ...
- 3399: Harriet Tubman
- ... man named John Tubman. They were married in 1844 and she was allowed to sleep in his cabin at night. Harriet had mentioned the idea of escaping and John told Harriet that he had no interest in leaving his home in the south. He even threatened Harriet that if she did try and run away, he would tell her master. After Harriet escaped he married another woman. When she came back ...
- 3400: Harriet Stowe
- ... not compatible with her life style. This can be seen in the decorative scheme which is simple but stately, and more importantly functional. Many of the arrangements are her own and derive from her personal interest in housekeeping. Very innovative for that time was her use of vines to cover windows in the place of bulky dark drapes. She was also very keen on having a garden all year around so ...
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