|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 4731 - 4740 of 8980 matching essays
- 4731: Benedict Arnold
- ... a guaranteed pension from Congress. Nor did his infamy stem from his transfer of allegiance to the British side, for other Patriots chose to become Loyalists, sometimes out of principle but just as often for personal gain. Arnold's perfidy lay in the abuse of his position of authority and trust: he would betray West Point and its garrison "and if necessary the entire American war effort" to secure his own ...
- 4732: The Grotesque in Flannery O’Connor
- ... at the age of twenty-five and suffered greatly from the disease which finally killed her. She was educated in parochial Catholic schools where she learned the basics of literature and grammar. O’Connor began writing at the young age of ten, and her stories were frequently published. Her most prevalent themes include comic violence, the question of redemption, displacement, and religion. Flannery O’Connor’s overriding religious views and perspectives ...
- 4733: A Portrayel Of Women In The Or
- ... over the mother. Another strong female character who is grossly underestimated is Cassandra, daughter of Priam, King of Troy. Cassandra is brought into this family feud when Agamemnon brings her back from Troy as his personal prize from the war. She has the gift of prophesy but her prophesies are never believed because she once angered Apollo by not submitting to him and has suffered ever since. Even as Agamemnon's ...
- 4734: Socrates
- ... his life saying that “an unexamined life is not worth living” and he was precisely right. During his life he would always ask why, never stand for just one explanation. Always questioning people but never writing down what he learned. All the information that we have learned from him have been from other people talking about him, for he never wrote anything down himself. After learning that some of the church ...
- 4735: Pope John XXIII
- ... the renewal of Roman Catholic religious life through the updating of church teaching, discipline, and organization and to encourage the unification of Christians and of all humanity. Another of Pope John XXIII’s accomplishments was writing seven encyclical letters. Many of these letters stressed the importance of human rights. Another important thing that Pope John XXIII did as pope, was be open to other faiths. This was shown by his establishment ...
- 4736: Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov
- ... steps for a safer atmosphere. Sakharov now entered his last role for mankind, that of a leader. He began to participate in human rights demonstrations as well as pen articles on the arms race. Besides writing on the dangers of nuclear war he took the lead in other issues. He wrote about pollution, overpopulation and the need for a new form of government. His writings and his outspokenness got him fired ...
- 4737: Thomas Jefferson Biography
- ... 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 ...
- 4738: Glenn Theodore Seaborg
- ... class. He entered the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1929, and received the degree of Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1937. From 1937 to 1939 he was the personal laboratory assistant of the late G. N. Lewis, with whom he published a number of scientific papers. In 1939, Dr. Seaborg was appointed an instructor in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where he ...
- 4739: Emperor Hadrian of Rome
- ... his deathbed. "Certainly Hadrian's relationship with the Senate was not a good one(Coleman-Norton 674)." At the beginning of his reign, he put four former consuls to death for conspiracy. This created negative personal relations between Hadrian and the Senate; however, "Hadrian generally treated the Senate with the utmost respect(Coleman-Norton 674)." Throughout the years 120-133, he traveled eminsly. He visited Britain, Spain, eastern provinces, and even ...
- 4740: A Separate Peace: Finny How Things Change
- ... Oh, that was it, but how can you believe that?" "I do, I think I can believe that. I've gotten awfully mad sometimes and almost forgotten what I was doing...It wasn't anything personal." "No, I don't know how to show you, how can I show you, Finny?" "I believe you. It's okay because I understand and I believe you. You've already shown me and I ...
Search results 4731 - 4740 of 8980 matching essays
|
