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- 4721: Andrew Jackson: Indian Fighter
- ... Spanish flag and hoisted up the Stars and Stripes(Remini 186). Although this behavior disturbed the administration of President James Monroe, it was enthusiastically endorsed by the nationalistic majority of Americans. The Secretary of State John Quincy Adams asked President Monroe not to apologize to Spain, but ask them to sell Florida to the United States. Obviously, according to Adams, Jackson did Spain a favor by putting law and order back ...
- 4722: Jailhouse Rock: The Story of Elvis Aaron Presley
- ... too. Elvis had a twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn just a couple of hours before Elvis himself was born. Elvis was named after his father, Vernon, and Vernon's best friend, Aaron Kennedy. Elvis's parents, Vernon and Gladys, married on June 17, 1933. Gladys was 21 and Vernon was only 17. His mother worked as a sewing machine operator while his father was farm hand. When Elvis ...
- 4723: Mother Teresa
- ... Norway, in the name of the poor. The Missionaries of Charity grew larger and larger in the early eighties opening up eleven homes in 81, twelve in 82, and fourteen in 83. In 1986 Pope John Paul II went to Calcutta to visit Mother Teresa and see, firsthand, the work of the Missionaries of Charity. In 1988 the Missionaries of Charity opened a homeless shelter in Rome at the Vatican. It ...
- 4724: Aristotle and Kant
- ... a greater good for society. Again, Aristotles theories depended too much upon emotions for the liking of Kant. Another philosopher whos beliefs went against those of Immanuel Kant was the London born philosopher, John Struat Mill. Mill, a utilitarian, believed in the foundation principle of the greatest happiness. This principle, much like the theories of Aristotle was based entirely on happiness and the good of society. Utilitarianism set out ...
- 4725: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... A. Poe." With the exception of "Al Aaraaf," most of the poems are just revisions of his earlier works. "Al Aaraaf" is very musical and metrical and does not appear to have a clear point. John Phelps Fruit, author of "The Mind and Art of Poe," believed that "Poe here intends to teach. . . that Beauty is to be ranked above Love."( James A. Harrison, p.xvii vol.7) It should be ...
- 4726: David Livingstone
- ... expedition was a total disaster. His greatest mistake was in taking his younger brother, whose temperament was totally unsuited to expedition work. Six years of disharmony and frustration were to follow, with a man named John Kirk being the only capable associate of this group. Third problem: He found out that there were myriad obstacles to the navigation of the Zambezi. Fourth reversal: His modern equipped boat, the Ma Roberts, was ...
- 4727: Sinclair Lewis
- ... got his degree, he worked for publishing houses and various magazines in Iowa, Carmel, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York City. During his time in Greenville Village, he associated with some radicals like John Reed and Floyd Dell, and he became, for a while, member of the socialist party. In 1912, Lewis published his first book, Hike and the Aeroplane. This book was published under the pseudonym Tom Graham ...
- 4728: Harry Elmer Barnes
- ... Beatty declares not unlike Judge Stein, "When you're quite finished... you're under arrest." (16) These are not isolated cases. In February 1995, after receiving numerous complaints, a German publisher ordered the "recycling" of John Sack's An Eye for an Eye which recounts the story of Jewish revenge against the Germans after World War II. Citing information from Germany's Federal Archives, Sack, who is himself Jewish, maintains that ...
- 4729: Hemingway
- ... to work as a sparing partner for boxers. In Paris, Hemingway encountered many of the greats (historically known as The Expatriates). He met Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Scott Fitzgerald , Ford Madox Ford and John Dos Passos. It was Stein who took him under her wing. She had been working to renew literary writing by removing useless gothic, Victorian and archaic forms. She was the first to point Hemingway in ...
- 4730: Henry Charles Carey
- ... interest, he exerted considerable influence on public opinion and some on the economists of his day. Through his life, in the years of 1825, 1857, and 1859 he traveled to Europe where he met with John Stuart Mill, Covour, Humbolt Liebig, Chevalier, Ferrarra, and Bergfall. With some of them Carey had established an acquaintance with, and continued to share experiences and studies with in later years through writings. After all his ...
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