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- 6841: William Wells Brown
- ... and realize that no one, regardless of race should be hypocritical to what he or she says or does. Brown received a lot of controversial feedback for not knowing all the facts, not knowing any personal relatives of Jefferson, and the chronological inconsistencies in his story. The anachronisms in Brown's Clotel, or the President's Daughter, detracted nothing from his portrayal of American slavery as he had come to know ...
- 6842: Woodrow Wilson
- ... right arm and hand, sensory disturbances in the tips of several fingers, and an inability to write in his usual right-handed manner. As often happens following minor strokes, there was recovery: his right-handed writing ability returned within a year. Was his career impeded? No, in 1902 he became the president of Princeton. But the problem recurred in 1904. In 1906 it happened again, this time with blindness in the ...
- 6843: Walt Whitman 3
- ... of Grass contained more than twenty-four poems, which were reasonably filled with ten or more diversified types of themes. Walt Whitman the author and compiler of this exceptional work changed the status of poetry writing through his utilization of thought and expression in the publication of the Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson, a collogue and admirer of Walt once spoke this of him Whitman, that Sir, is a strange ...
- 6844: College Application Essay: Influence of My Academic Interest in Education
- ... each and every one. In my opinion, a teachers job is not to be responsible for the students everyday life, but to be aware of any changes in a students personality due to personal problems or drugs and to be there to intervene. The goal that I have set for myself for college is to make a difference in the students of tomorrow. I am not blaming the teachers ...
- 6845: Washington Irving
- ... He did impress any of his teachers as outstanding. It was out of school where his real interests developed. His interests were more into reading books of adventure and travel. He was very good at writing, though. He loved the theater. His fascination with the arts grew and was encouraged by one of her sister's boyfriends (Myers 64). His interests in the arts and in the theater were obvious in ...
- 6846: Washington Irving 2
- ... Christopher Columbus, A Chronicle of Granada, The Crayon Miscellany, Astoria, Bonneville, and concludes with The Life of Washington. The reason his stories are considered romantic, most likely has to do with the new style of writing coming to America. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is read to children because it is a funny satirical story of a man who scorns the children he teaches, and it is likely that most kids ...
- 6847: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
- ... a scientific society called Natura Dux nobis et auspex (Nature is our leader and protector). Wilhelm didn t like keeping house so, he found a room with the family of a cabinetmaker. There he started writing his first book, called Question for the Inorganic Part of the Chemistry Textbook , under the pen name of Dr J. W. Gunning. As you probably figured out that was the name of the man he ...
- 6848: William Shakespeare 2
- ... he joined an acting group. He had no experience. He was merely a performer. William Shakespeare was an important part of a troupe called the Lord Chamberlains Men. He eventually became an honored senior member. Writing plays soon became a demanding business. Companies were always looking for new material. With few new plays, companies began paying for the plays. Once a play was sold it became the property of the company ...
- 6849: Marco Polo
- ... to China as merchants. When they left 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 favorable time in world history, when the height of Venices influence ...
- 6850: Margaret Thatcher
- ... the chronic shortage of Conservative women MPs that insured her rapid promotion." (Mayer, 1979) But according to one of Mrs. Thatcher's speaches given at the time to References Lewis, R. (1975). Margaret Thatcher: A personal and Political Biography. Southampton: The Camelot Press Ltd.. Mayer, A. (1979). Madam Prime Minister: Margaret Thatcher and her Rise to Power. New York: Newsweek Books. Minogue, K. & Biddiss, M (1987). Thatcherism: Personality and Politics. New ...
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