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- 2121: Civil Disobedience
- ... and he did them only because it was what he believed. His goal was not to free masses of people from cruel injustices, but rather to free himself from the state which governs him. In writing his beliefs, and expressing the ideas of using literature as weaponry, he influenced men who would take his ideas and use them to help free nations and save people from unjust government ruling. The stronger ... life, and lived by that ideal. His dream was to see his country free from Britain, without war, and without blood shed, using soul-force only. Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms. When I refuse to do a thing that is repugnant to my conscience, I use soul-force. For instance, the government of the day has passed ...
- 2122: Marco Polo
- ... 69) as merchants. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice’s influence ... a lucky turn. In prison Marco met a man named Rustichello from Persia, who was a writer of romances(Stefoff 21). To pass the time, Marco dictated his observations about Asia to Rustichello, who, in writing them down, probably employed the Italianized Old French that was the language of medieval romances. Their book was soon circulating, since Marco remained in prison only a year or so, very likely gaining his freedom ...
- 2123: Ancient Egyptian
- ... carries a crook and a flail, which symbolized his power over the dead, his nature as a dying and rising god, and his command over agriculture. He wears the white crown of Upper Egypt. His personal emblem is two stalks of corn placed on top of each other. Isis Isis is the "mother goddess." She is often illustrated as suckling the child Horus. The name Isis is a Greek rendition of ... serpent on their crown as a symbol of royal authority. BIBLIOGRAPHY Cotterell, Arthur THE MACMILLAN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHS AND LEGENDS. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989. Katan, Norma Jean, and Mintz, Barbara HIEROGLYPHS: THE WRITING OF ANCIENT EGYPT. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1981. Microsoft MICROSOFT ENCARTA '95. Electronic media. Redmond: Microsoft Corporation, 1994. Roberts, David. "Age of Pyramids." National Geographic Jan. 1995: 6-41 BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY. New York ...
- 2124: Canada- Facts And Figures
- ... and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts." To fulfill this mandate, the Council offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations working in music, writing, publishing, dance, theatre, visual arts and media arts. Each year, the Council awards some 4,200 grants in all disciplines and some 10,700 payments to authors through the Public Lending Right Commission. The Council ... Canadians also express contentment with their country and their quality of life. Overwhelming numbers of Canadians (nine of every ten surveyed) ranked Canada as one of the three best places to live. The degree of personal freedom Canadians enjoy, health care, the environment and the peaceful nature of our country are considered key ingredients in their quality of life. Canada: What the World Likes ... and Doesn't Like Canada is best ...
- 2125: Constantinopolis
- ... best clients of designers, artists, and artisans, and in their projects the best work of a given period is often represented. Today large corporations, governments, and universities play the role of patron in a less personal way. A proliferation of building types reflects the complexity of modern life. More people live in mass housing and go to work in large office buildings; they spend their incomes in large shopping centers, send ... use becomes more important. See City Planning. Aesthetics The aesthetic response to architecture is complex. It involves all the issues already discussed, as well as other, more abstract qualities. An experience of architectural space is personal and psychological; it differs from that of sculpture or painting because the observer is in it. It is affected by associations the observer may have with the materials used and the way they have been ... royal grandeur has survived in Paris's Place de la Concorde (begun 1753) by Jacques Ange Gabriel and the great axis and plazas (1751-59) by Héré de Corny at Nancy. A more intimate and personal expression appears in Gabriel's Petit Trianon (1762-64) at Versailles. Rococo came to full flower, however, in Bavaria and Austria. The Austrian Benedictine Abbey (1748-54) at Ottobeuren by Johann Michael Fischer is ...
- 2126: The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
- ... took his studies seriously and tried to brush up on his English and Latin by taking the London University matriculation examination. But, during the three years he spent in England, his main preoccupation was with personal and moral issues rather than with academic ambitions. The transition from the half-rural atmosphere of Rajkot to the cosmopolitan life of London was not easy for him. As he struggled painfully to adapt himself ... British Cabinet, cabled the government of Natal to bring the guilty men to book, but Gandhi refused to prosecute his assailants. It was, he said, a principle with him not to seek redress of a personal wrong in a court of law. Resistance and results. Gandhi was not the man to nurse a grudge. On the outbreak of the South African (Boer) War in 1899, he argued that the Indians, who ... man for whom even then I had the highest respect." Once, during his not infrequent stays in jail, Gandhi had prepared a pair of sandals for Smuts, who recalled that there was no hatred and personal ill-feeling between them, and when the fight was over "there was the atmosphere in which a decent peace could be concluded." As later events were to show, Gandhi's work did not provide ...
- 2127: Maurice Sendak
- ... 1947, at the age of nineteen, Sendak co-authored and published his first book, Atomics for the Millions. He began his illustrating career by drawing comic book pictures. In 1951, Sendak began freelance illustrating and writing. Sendak published Kenny’s Window in 1956. It is a story about a child who is curious about the world outside of his front door. Very Far Away, Sendak's second book published in 1957 ... also won the National Medal of Arts, Caldecott Award, American Library Association’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award in Visual Arts. Sendak is also a strong speaker on children’s personal rights. He is a tireless advocate and has become increasingly more interested in producing quality film and theater for children. He has even started his own children’s theater company, “The Night Kitchen,” in order ...
- 2128: Langston Hughes Voice Of A Tim
- ... all, in some way, made an impact on the struggle for equality. This sparked a fascination with freedom in Hughes’ young mind. Hughes attended school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he showed an early talent for writing, specifically poetry. His works were being published in the high school newspaper on a regular basis. After finishing high school, Hughes furthered his education at Columbia University in New York City, an accomplishment unheard by ... him ‘the Negro Poet Laureate.’ Hughes was a major figure of the Harlem renaissance. ‘Unlike other notable black poets of the period - Claude McKay, Jean Toomer and Countee Cullen- Hughes refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience of black America. He wanted to tell the stories of his people without personalizing them, so the reader could step in and draw his own conclusions.’” (Longman) In all, Hughes ...
- 2129: Labor Unions
- ... it makes a lot of sense because of the surging number of women entering the workplace and the rising number of minorities in the U.S. Others Follow Suit. Many professional groups are seeing the writing on the wall and are taking the necessary steps to protect themselves. One example would have to be the recent rallying by the American Medical Association to create a union for the nearly 290,000 ... and the employment issues of women, unions could increase their approval rating and their membership. It is likely that the major emphasis of future union organizing campaigns will be to convince unorganized employees that their personal and professional needs can be satisfied through union representation. If non-union employees begin to see union employees receive reductions in health care out-of-pocket costs, and greater job security and satisfaction, unionism could ...
- 2130: Heros Of The Sixties Counter C
- ... life”, he became convinced they held the answer for humanity’s long-term survival. He returned to Harvard, where he focused his efforts on researching those substances he believed held the key to spiritual and personal revelation. Spreading the psychedelic gospel to colleagues and graduate students alike, he was fired for his controversial activities in 1963, after which he began traveling the country, exhorting the youth of America to “turn on ... currently teaches at the University of California at Davis. Ron Thelin-Whether it was helping the Haight-Ashbury’s homeless obtain food and shelter, supporting a community newspaper called the Oracle, or spending countless hours writing letters on behalf of the environment, Ron Thelin brought to his many activities the same values that won him an Eagle Scout award as a youngster: a belief in community, a thoughtful, generous nature, and ...
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