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- 4791: Charles Dickens: Biography
- ... was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Office, and was temporarily on duty in the neighborhood when Charles was born. His name was John Dickens. He spent time in prison for debts. But, even when he was free he lacked the money to support his family. Then, when Charles was two they moved to London. 1 Just before he ...
- 4792: Madame Liang
- ... contributor to Mercy's journey out of China. Chen is a contributor because while being prosecuted by the police Mercy can then make her except to freedom. Mercy teaches a profession and her husband is John Sung. Finally Grace, she is a concert pianist on the side. Grace can also be perceived as an artist because she is a botanist as a profession. " 'Why will you not choose your music in ...
- 4793: Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
- ... books into Braille for Helen Keller. She attended school and college with her pupil, and accompanied her everywhere for almost 50 years. Throughout her life Helen called Miss Sullivan "Teacher." In 1905, Miss Sullivan married John Macy. Helen lived with the couple, who both now helped with her studies and other pursuits. Teacher and pupil were finally separated by Mrs. Macy's death in 1936.
- 4794: Malcolm X 3
- ... bluffton.edu/BCNews/Archive/news.stm.) He learned how the majority of blacks felt and thought. On December 4, 1963 Malcolm was suspended from the Nation of Islam for his inappropriate comment on J.F. Kennedy's assassination. After his suspension he left them and go on to form the Muslim Mosque Inc, in 1964, and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. These allowed Malcolm to show "his" people his new ...
- 4795: Review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
- ... by the community and even more by their children. With Franklin's overgrowing desire to read and be taught by books, he endured the profession of a printer, working side by side with his brother, John. Being able to obtain better literature, Franklin began to write poetry. His love for knowledge drawn from writings of Socrates and Xenophobe improved his argumentative skills greatly. Soon needing his freedom, Franklin left to New ...
- 4796: Michael Jordan 2
- ... your side and you feel a little more invincible, says Steve Kerr. (Kerr, 309) Paul Silas continues by saying, I ve never seen a better ballplayer. Whatever he really concentrates on he can master (311) John Paxson former teammate of Jordan says, I have a place in history because I played alongside the best ever to play the game. (Paxon, 310) Red Auerbach tells, He is one of the toughest, if ...
- 4797: The Life of Mohandas Gandhi
- ... Durban Gandhi found himself being treated as a member of an inferior race, thus drawing him into the struggle for Indian freedom. While studying philosophy he came across Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau and John Ruskin's plea to give up capitalism for farm life and traditional handicrafts (Sharpe 1979 43). These opinions stimulated Gandhi's ideas for non-violent resistance. The main principle behind all of Gandhi's teachings ...
- 4798: Napoleon
- ... at thirteen and for boys to marry at fifteen. Instead, he increased the marital age to eighteen for girls and twenty for boys. The civil code also permitted divorce. On the other hand, according to John Merriman, this was also an incomplete achievement and did not satisfy everyone. Napoleon went against one of the revolution beliefs equality for women. A woman s wage went to her husband and she could also ...
- 4799: Was Jimmy Hoffa A Hero or A Criminal?
- ... minds of many people forever. But there is one question that bothers many people, was Jimmy Hoffa a hero or a criminal? Hoffa was born James Riddle Hoffa, the second of the four children of John Cleveland Hoffa and Viola Riddle Hoffa. Hoffa was born on February 14, 1913 in Brazil, Indiana. When his father, a coal driller who suffered from an occupational respiratory disease, died in 1920, his mother, who ...
- 4800: Thoreau as a Prophet
- ... the Bible it says, Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. (John 4:25). Perhaps Thoreau was alluding to Christ's teachings in this passage of scripture. Christ does not care what possessions we have, only that we worship Him in spirit and truth. In conclusion, today ...
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