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- 1961: Edgar Allan Poe
- ... explains in this passage, his far superior ability to write pieces of literature caused a lot of friction between the modern day critics and writers and himself. This passage was an autobiographical account of his writing style and its effect on the society of the time. Along with writing about his style of writing, Poe also included autobiographical elements in his stories. These stories explained to the reader how Poe lived his life. The somber figure of Edgar Allan Poe stalks forever through the pages of his stories ...
- 1962: Ben Franklin
- ... He said "your whole room is equally warmed, so that the people need not crowd so close round the fire, but may sit near the window, and have the benefit of the light for reading, writing, and needlework. They may sit with comfort in any part of the room, which is a very considerable advantage in a large family, where there must often be two fires kept, because all cannot convenientl ... honorary degrees of Master of Arts even though his formal education ended in the second grade. After Franklin's experiments were successfully performed by French and English scientists, the King of France sent Franklin his personal congratulations. The Royal Society elected Franklin as a member by unanimous vote. They later awarded him the Society's highest honor, the Copley Medal, after learning of some of his other talents and distinguished accomplishments ...
- 1963: Socrates
- ... in which it is concealed. The only way to discover true happiness, goodness, and the right way, is to fully understand oneself. Socrates did not believe in the Greek gods or religion. He had his personal view of god. Socrates felt that there must be some form of divine power because everyone seemed to believe in some kind of god and religion. He also believed in a sort of immortality. He ... have asked this before and for quite obvious reasons. Most other noteworthy historical figures did keep a record of their works ever since the invention of written language, yet not one of mine exists in writing. I do not exactly know the reason for this. Whether there are records of my work or not, does not matter. I will forever be remembered by my loyal pupils, the Athenian population, and the ...
- 1964: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... Statement: Through his early life experiences and with the knowledge left by his predecessors, Sir Isaac Newton was able to develop calculus, natural forces, and optics. From birth to early childhood, Isaac Newton overcame many personal, social, and mental hardships. It is through these experiences that helped create the person society knows him as in this day and age. The beginning of these obstacles started at birth for Newton. Isaac was ... he learned geometry through school, he spoke of himself as self-taught. One of his earliest mathematical discoveries was the binomial theorm. “The binomial theorm gives a formula, or rule, as Newton called it, for writing down the expansion of any power of (1+x).” (Anthony 53) An example of this is as follows: (1+x)^n = 1 + nx + n(n-1) x^2 + n(n-1)(n-2) x^3 ...
- 1965: Mark Twain
- ... Above? Mark Twain was one of the most popular and well-known authors of the 1800’s. He is recognized for being a humorist. He used humor or social satire in his best works. His writing is known for “realism of place and language, memorable characters, and hatred of hypocrisy and oppression” (Mark Twain 1). Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835. He was born on the ... freedom (Marshall 232). In 1884, Twain formed the firm “Charles L. Webster and Company” to publish his and other writer’s works. The most famous books published there were The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Personal Memoirs, which was written by American general and president Ulysses S. Grant (Mark Twain 2). A disastrous investment in an automatic typesetting machine led to the firm’s bankruptcy in 1894. A successful worldwide lecture ...
- 1966: Life On Michelangelo
- ... two relief sculptures by the time he was 16 years old, the Battle of the Centaurs and the Madonna of the Stairs (both 1489-92, Casa Buonarroti, Florence), which show that he had achieved a personal style at a very early age. His patron Lorenzo died in 1492; two years later Michelangelo fled Florence, when the Medici were temporarily Expelled. He settled for a time in Bologna, where in 1494 and ... predecessors, but he infused it with the same surging energy that characterizes his sculpture and painting. Instead of being obedient to classical Greek and Roman practices, Michelangelo used motifs - columns, pediments, and brackets - for a personal and expressive purpose. Michelangelo, a partisan of the republican faction, participated in the 1527-29 war against the Medici and supervised Florentine fortifications. The Medici Tombs While residing in Florence for this extended period, Michelangelo ... his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships. The great Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto wrote succinctly of this famous artist: 'Michael more than mortal, divine angel'. Indeed, Michelangelo was widely awarded the epithet 'divine' because of his extraordinary accomplishments. Two generations ...
- 1967: Blaise Pascal
- ... death in general and also to his father's death particularly. These ideas were to later form the basis of his philosophical work called Pensees. Then in May 1653 Pascal worked with mathematics and physics writing Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids which he explains his law of pressure called Pascal's law of pressure. Adamson writes: "This treatise is a complete outline of a system of hydrostatics, the first in ... fellow defender of Jansenism. At the time Arnauld was on trial before the faculty of theology in Paris for his controversial religious works. Pensees was Pascal's most famous work, which was a collection of personal thoughts on human suffering and faith in God which he worked on from 1656 to 1658. Pensees contained "Pascal's Wager" which claims to prove that belief in God is rational with the following argument ...
- 1968: Allen Ginsburg In America
- ... Gary Snyder and Michael McClure led the crowd in chanting “OM” at the San Fransisco Be-In in 1967. In 1970 Ginsberg met with Tibetan guru Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Ginsberg soon accepted Trungpa as his personal guru. He and poet Anne Waldman joined to create a poetry school, “The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics”, at Trungpa's Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. In the early eighties Ginsberg joined the punk ... find other beat-poets to study, like Jack Kerouac, William Carlos Williams, and William S. Burroughs. I also did some research on the author Jane Kramer, just wanting to know what her credentials were on writing a book about Allen. It all stemmed from the whole credibility lecture you gave. I wanted to know if her view of Allen was maybe biased in some way. I guess she interview Allen a ...
- 1969: Alexander Hamilton
- ... British troops there refused to surrender. Impressed by this, General Greene introduced the young Captain to General Washington. The proficiency and bravery Hamilton displayed around New York City impressed General Washington. He joined Washington's personal staff in March of 1777 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served four years as Washington's personal secretary and confidential aide. Hamilton's military fervor continued in his position next to Washington. At the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778), Hamilton again proved his bravery and leadership. He warned the retreating General ... in his maneuvers. After Adams became President Hamilton constantly advised the members of the cabinet and endeavored to control Adams's policy. On the eve of the presidential election of 1800, Hamilton wrote a bitter personal attack on the president that contained much confidential cabinet information. Although this pamphlet was intended for private circulation, the document was secured and published by Aaron Burr, Hamilton's political and legal rival. Hamilton ...
- 1970: Sir Isaac Newton
- ... fame, Newton put these and other calculations away in a drawer instead of making them public. But his few friends knew all about the brilliant work he was doing. At last, they talked Newton into writing a book in which he would talk about his work on Planetary Motion, Gravitation, and other matters. In 1685 Newton finally plunged into his gigantic talks. He drove himself heartlessly, rarely eating and sleeping. Sometimes ... Queen Anne knighted him. Isaac Newton died in 1727. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, among other great men of England. His statue stands today in the hall of Trinity College, Cambridge University. In my personal opinion Sir Isaac Newton was a crazy fruitcake. He lived like a hermit and when he discovered new things, he did not immediately teach the world about his discoveries. He never had very many friends ...
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