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- 6171: Life Of Baruch Spinoza
- ... are not as smart as him are any worse.” I believe that our world should not exist on the opinions of people who are not up to the level of the philosophers that went to school and studied for years.. Therefore, I think that facts are better than opinions, of a young adult who has no experience in the field or study of Baruch Spinoza. This does not mean that I ...
- 6172: Lewis Carroll
- ... was isolated for most of his childhood, so he made up games to amuse himself, and his brothers and sisters. His father educated Charles up to the age of twelve. Then he was sent to school. Here he earned good grades in classical languages and mathematics as well as a good reputation for defending himself. He was once called “a boy who knew how to use his fists in a righteous ...
- 6173: James Baldwin
- ... life and also the main character in much of his work. In 1938, at the wish of his stepfather, James converted and preached for three years at the Fireside Pentecostal Assembly. Finally, after graduating high school, he left the ministry and pursued his dream of writing. Baldwin drifted from job to job, writing in between and eventually moved to Europe at the age of 24. Baldwin has written the reason for ...
- 6174: Carl Gauss
- ... time that Carl was teaching himself to read aloud, he also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When Carl Gauss reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one ...
- 6175: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
- ... suffered through the ravages of integrated schooling. Although an intelligent student who shared the dream of being a lawyer with Martin Luther King, Malcolm X’s anger and disillusionment caused him to drop out of school. He started to use cocaine and set up a burglary ring to support his expensive habit. Malcolm X’s hostility and promotion of violence as a way of getting change was well established in his ...
- 6176: Nicolaus Copernicus
- ... many others he went to Italy to study medicine and law (Smith 1039). Before he left, his uncle appointed him a church administrator in Fronbork. He then used the money from there to pay for school. Copernicus began to study canon lay at the University of Bologna in 1497. At that time he, was living at the home of mathematics professor, Domenico Maria de Novara. Copernicus astronomical and geographical interests were ...
- 6177: Lenonard Bernstein
- ... relationship.) The relationship began with Bernstein s great admiration of Copland and from there they formed life long tie In 1939, Bernstein began to attend the Curtis Institute for Music in Philadelphia, which was a school for both composers and those who wanted a career in performance arts. This is where the finishing touches were put on Bernstein s training. He began to develop very close relationships with many of his ...
- 6178: Leo Tolstoi
- ... War Tolstoy commanded a battery, witnessing the siege of Sebastopol (1854-55). In 1857 he visited France, Switzerland, and Germany. After his travels Tolstoy settled in his birthplace of Yasnaja Polyana, where he started a school for peasant children. He investigated during further travels to Europe (1860-61) educational theory and practice, and published magazines and textbooks on the subject. In 1862 he married Sonya Andreyevna Bers (or Behrs). Between the ...
- 6179: Lewis Latimer
- ... release. Although free, George was still extremely poor, working as a barber, paper-hanger and in other odd jobs to support his wife, three sons, and one daughter. Lewis Latimer, the youngest child, attended grammar school and was an excellent student who loved to read and draw. Most of his time, though, was spent working with his father, which was typical of children in the 19th century. In 1857, the Supreme ...
- 6180: Life Of A Roman Slave
- ... thanks to his Greek parents. Here the boy was taught simple math and was told stories such as the Odyssey and plays by Sophocles or Aeschylus. However, one fateful day while walking the son to school, a vicious dog leapt out of an alleyway and bit into the boy's neck. Argus beat off the dog but it was to no avail. The attack left a gap in the boy's ...
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