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- 1171: Abraham Lincoln 4
- ... radical Chase to offer to step down as well, he maintained the balance of his cabinet by retaining both secretaries. Lincoln's political influence was enhanced by his great gifts as an orator. Able to stress essentials in simple terms, he effectively appealed to the nation in such classical short speeches as the Gettysburg Address and his second inaugural address. Moreover, he was a capable diplomat. Firmly rejecting Seward's proposal ...
- 1172: Ernest Hemingway
- ... women walk by. He admired their clothing, their hair, and they way they walked. He wanted a girl, but didn't want to work for one. He didn't want to go through having the stress and pressure when trying to get a girl. "He did not want any consequences." (Hemingway 117) The only one who treated him like a hero was his little sister. Krebs faith in religion was also ...
- 1173: Emily Dickinson
- ... Dickinson had her greatest poetic output during the Civil War. She wrote around eight hundred poems in this time. To go along with this great output came a stressful period, too. Emily went through great stress in the year eighteen hundred sixty-two because of the distance and danger threatened to her friends. Also during this time, she had persistent eye trouble, which led her in eighteen hundred sixty- four and ...
- 1174: Paul Revere
- ... friends than father and son. After his fathers death Paul became the man of the house. He had to take on more responsibilities and work harder to support his large family. After a while the stress was weighing him down and it was probably some sort relief when he went to fight the French. In 1756 he returned. On August 4, 1757 Paul Revere married Sara Orne, or a Revere referred ...
- 1175: Emily Dickinson
- ... Dickinson had her greatest poetic output during the Civil War. She wrote around eight hundred poems in this time. To go along with this great output came a stressful period, too. Emily went through great stress in the year eighteen hundred sixty-two because of the distance and danger threatened to her friends. Also during this time, she had persistent eye trouble, which led her in eighteen hundred sixty-four and ...
- 1176: Billy Graham
- ... many were asking themselves, was this man a real preacher or just an impostor. This led Graham to have many doubts in his mind, doubts that he agonized over day in and day out. The stress was building on the young man's shoulders and he was finding it hard to sleep at night, because he developed painful back aches. Late one night, when he could not sleep, he went for ...
- 1177: Ben Franklins Religion
- ... not agree with this formulation of theology, a kind of streamlined, doctrine-free Christianity in which the question of Christ's divinity makes no difference. [9] As a result, in his writings Franklin tends to stress the usefulness of virtue and virtuous deeds apart from any mention of theology. He elevates to the level of doctrine "That Virtuous Men ought to league together to strengthen the Interest of Virtue, in the ...
- 1178: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- ... his own films. In 1990, George Bush named Arnold as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Arnold appeared at many sports and fitness demonstrations around the United States. Arnold would stress the importance of being physically fit, and the importance that sports play in our lives. Arnold Schwarzenegger can be described as the greatest and most successful bodybuilder in history to a box office superstar. Arnold ...
- 1179: Story Of Anne Moody
- ... in immediate danger. By the end of one semester, she had become exceptionally involved with the movement. She also participated in the voter registration process performed by SNCC. Moody’s adult life was one of stress, responsibility, and action. She participated in sit-ins, walked in marches, and stood among others in rallies. She, along with other college and high school students, were thrown in jail and cramped on trucks that ...
- 1180: Compare And Cantrast WEB Du Bo
- ... and expand the store of knowledge about Black people. Encyclopedia of the Negro: Preparatory Volume appeared in 1945. Du Bois's twilight years in Ghana where devoted mainly to this task. Du Bois placed his stress on culture and liberty, urging higher education, and full political and civil rights for all. He had become interested in the problems of Africa as well as Afro-Americans. Du Bois wanted Black Africa independent ...
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