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- 4721: Thomas Jefferson
- ... person who was doing what was morally right, not for the fame that would accompany it. In fact, he did not want to write the Declaration of Independence to begin with and was pressured into writing it. He believed in freedom from Britain, equality for man, an agricultural economy, a small, centralized government and a proper education. (6) These values helped him obtain the Presidency and accomplish many feats during his ...
- 4722: An Autobiographical Portrayal
- ... Zelda 4 became bored and restless, and fell completely in love with Jozan. Although the affair never lasted very long (as Jozan ended up fleeing), it had an extremely negative effect on Scott, for while writing The Great Gatsby Scott learned of (Zelda s) affair with Jozan, just as Tom learns of Daisy s love for and affair with Gatsby. Tom reclaims Daisy from Gatsby just as Scott reclaimed Zelda from ...
- 4723: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... was seeking a firm foundation for his own theological and ethical inclinations; he began to focus his attention on conceptions of the relationship of man to God. King himself conceived of God as an active, personal entity, faith in God's guidance was the essential thing. While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, who was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. They were married in 1953 and had four ...
- 4724: An Economic Intrepration Of Th
- ... mentality, but they have excuses like economic success to defend their behaviors. People tend to believe many things without questioning the ramifications of their actions. The ability to disguise their conduct by excusing it with personal reasoning is still a result of cult mentality. The crops that are produced govern the economic success of this town. This short story is reasoned with pure economics. First of all, the townspeople are sacrificing ...
- 4725: Isaac Newton's Life
- ... research. The reasons for this breakdown have been discussed by his biographers and many theories have been proposed: chemical poisoning as a result of his alchemy experiments; frustration with his researches; the ending of a personal friendship with Fatio de Duillier, a Swiss-born mathematician resident in London; and problems resulting from his religious beliefs. Newton himself blamed lack of sleep but this was almost certainly a symptom of the illness ...
- 4726: Jean Toomer
- ... life. He showed strength early - when faced with adversity, rather than wring his hands and retreat further into himself, Toomer searched for a plan of action, an intellectual scheme and method to cope with a personal crisis. Toomer writes in Wayward and Seeking, "I had an attitude towards myself that I was superior to wrong-doing and above criticism and reproach ... I seemed to induce, in the grownups, an attitude which ...
- 4727: Eighteenth Century Philosophers
- ... society, instead of having cities, Fourier devised his idea of the perfect town, called phalansteres. These rural units would have a population of one thousand six hundred and twenty. He based this figure on his personal classification into eight hundred and ten types. Each passion was to be represented by a male and a female, accounting for the population size. He figured that all would be merged together in harmony through ...
- 4728: Alexander Hamilton
- ... all this fighting. Hamiltons intelligence, efficiency and natural air of authority gave Washington an excellent impression of Hamilton and also made Hamilton a prime candidate for staff officer. Washington was building up his own personal staff, as the administrative details became more and more awkward. Hamilton was offered the position of aide-de-camp with the rank of lieutenant colonel. The main qualification as Washington explained it himself was that ...
- 4729: Analysis On Flannery Oconnors
- ... Good Man is Hard to Find is written partially in order to convert people who have not yet fully accepted the Christian faith. O Conner, herself being a strong believer in Christianity, probably thought that writing this story will help make people who aren t really living by the Christian rules to seriously consider doing so. Flannery O'Connor was deeply concerned with the values and the direction of the youth ...
- 4730: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- ... Washington Bailey has accomplished many things in his life such as escaping the evils of slavery, learning how to read and write, becoming part of the abolitionist movement and gaining political power and most importantly writing his biography and the establishment of his abolitionist paper called the North Star. With all of these accomplishments Frederick Douglass is truly both an American and African American hero.
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