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The Life And Times Of Ghandi
Number of Words: 1431 / Number of Pages: 6
... Gandhi’s life was filled with contradictions. He was described as a gentle man who was an outsider, but also as a godly and almost mystical person, but he had a great determination. Nothing could change his convictions. Some called him a master politician, others called him a saint, and millions of Indians called him Mahatma or Bapu (father). I on the other hand call him extraordinarily great. Gandhi’s life was devoted to a search for truth. He believed that truth could be known only through tolerance and concern for others, and that finding a truthful way to solutions required constant attention. ...
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Beethoven
Number of Words: 2975 / Number of Pages: 11
... “strong frame,” and “carriage
proudly erect.”(Cooper, 383)
Beethoven lived an interesting and exciting life filled with drama,
revolution and innovation. His composition ability was partially influenced
by his upbringing; his father’s push to become a musician and his above
average education. Beethoven, however, had a gift, or a natural knack, for
this form of art which allowed him to become one of the greatest composers
of all time.
This paper will dive in to Ludwig van Beethoven’s personal life,
chronologically and precisely explaining facto ...
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John F.Kennedy: Biography
Number of Words: 1403 / Number of Pages: 6
... fellow class mates.
Kennedy went to College at Princeton University, but he developed Jaundice, a disease where ones liver becomes bad and the poisons in your body back up, and was forced to drop out of the university. A year later, when Kennedy felt better, in 1936 he entered Harvard University. Kennedy's major was in government and international affairs.
In 1939, John went to Europe. He visited many different countries and interviewed politicians and statesman. Kennedy sent his father their views of the upcoming war, World War II.
During World War II Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After the Pe ...
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Computer Nerds: Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, And Allen
Number of Words: 257 / Number of Pages: 1
... Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak also designed the Apple II, the
first ready made computer and one of the most popular ever made. It was a
complete computer with keyboard and power supply. After he retired from Apple,
Steve returned to the University of California at Berkeley and got his
bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers. At the age of 25 he
was worth over 100 million dollars. He was fascinated by the effects of
computers. He was also amazed that a computer could take your ideas and
translate them into information. He and Wozniak created th ...
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Louis Armstrong
Number of Words: 1187 / Number of Pages: 5
... him to be
able to afford an instrument. His jobs included, selling papers, unloading
boats, and selling coal from a cart. On his off times he would go around to
clubs like the Funky Butt Hall to listen to bands play.
A jazz musician named King Oliver saw him and was impressed at his
attendance at so many of the local clubs that he inquired of him as to if he
wanted to learn to play the cornet. Armstrong said yes. He picked it up very
quickly and soon was playing in bands for people that were absent. This soon
lead to him starting his own band. This was all at the age of seventeen.
Arm ...
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Herman Melville 2
Number of Words: 564 / Number of Pages: 3
... Another of Melville’s characters that show this quality is Claggart in the book Billy Budd. Claggart is constantly referred to as being mysterious, “…a nut not to be cracked by the top of a ladies fan (Billy Budd).
Besides being mysterious, Melville is stubborn and this comes out through his characters Captain Veere and Bartleby. Like most writers, Melville’s career had its ups and downs, and his work was not always praised. Even though readers didn’t always appreciate his writing or writing style, he continued to write the books that he wanted to write. He quotes & ...
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Number of Words: 1454 / Number of Pages: 6
... Diodotus the Stoic also exercised him in the argumentative subtleties for which the disciples of Zeno were known.
Cicero was the first Roman who found his way to the highest dignities of the State with no other recommendation than his powers of eloquence and his merits as a civil justice. The first case of importance which he undertook was the defense of Roscius Amerintis, in which he distinguished himself by his courageous defense, of his client, who had been accused of parricide, by Chrysogonus, a favorite of Stilia's. This obliging him, however, according to Plutarch, to leave Rome from Prudent ...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Number of Words: 582 / Number of Pages: 3
... of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religion, Plato and even his wife influenced Emerson. He also inspired many Transcendentalists like Thoreau. Emerson didn't win any major awards, but he did win the love and appreciation of his readers.
Literary Information
Emerson wrote many genres of writing including poetry and sermons, but his best writing is found in his essays. Even though he is noted for his essays, he was also a strong force in poetry. Emerson was known for presenting ideas in an expressi ...
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Charles Babbage: The Pioneer Of The Computer
Number of Words: 1062 / Number of Pages: 4
... Government and in 1827 published a table of logarithms from 1 to 108000. In 1828 he was appointed to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, though he never presented a lecture. He founded the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1831 and in 1832 he published "Economy of Manufactures and Machinery". 1833 marked the beginning of his work on the Analytical Engine. In 1834 he founded the Statistical Society of London. Thirty years later, in 1864 Babbage published “Passages from the Life of a Philosopher” and then in 1871 he died in London.
During his life, Charles Babb ...
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The Life And Times Of The Man
Number of Words: 1907 / Number of Pages: 7
... a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University, and he also tutored private pupils. Bell's interest in speech and communication led him to investigate the transmission of sound over wires. In particular, he experimented with development of the harmonic telegraph --a device that could send multiple messages at the same time over a single wire. Bell also worked with the possibility of transmitting the human voice, experimenting with vibrating membranes and an actual human ear. Gardiner Hubbard (1822-1897) and Thomas Sanders, fathers of two of his deaf pupils backed Bell financially in his inve ...
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