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Biography Of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... thirty-nine he
attempted to make up this deficiency by following the course at the College
of Barcelona, but without success. His austerities had also undermined his
health. After considerable delay he was finally admitted into the Society
of Jesus as a lay-brother, 31 January, 1571. Distinct novitiates had not as
yet been established in Spain, and Alfonso began his term of probation at
Valencia or Gandia -- this point is a subject of dispute -- and after six
months was sent to the recently-founded college at Majorca, where he
remained in the humble position of porter for forty-six years, exercising ...
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Jonathan Swift: Misguided And Incorrect Criticisms
Number of Words: 2151 / Number of Pages: 8
... since it is the chief instrument of God. These critics argue
that human nature must be dignified if it is the key theme of Christianity.
They, however, are wrong, and are guilty of being naive. Swift and his
supporters counter their attacks by pointing out that it is hypocritical of
them to revere such vices as corruption, greed, and immortality, and these
critics need to take a serious look at this (Knowles 34-35). Swift himself
has answered these charges of heresy, explaining that he has never been
anti-Christian and only disagrees with the concept of original sin.
Throughout his life and in ...
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Finest Young Man In Rome
Number of Words: 716 / Number of Pages: 3
... like this to happen. Rufinus was confused and did not know what to do. He did not know who is telling the truth. He had believed that his father's death was an accident, but his mother tried to convince him that Manlius, his best friend, is responsible for it. He ordered him to pursue the Gauls, knowing that they were stronger than Romans. After his father's death, Manlius appointed someone from his own family instead of Rufinus' brother. This argument made Rufinus think about everything, again. He did not know whom to listen to his friend or his mother. Her conspiracy was very offensive and brut ...
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Charles Babbage
Number of Words: 707 / Number of Pages: 3
... him to a
critical study of logarithmic tables and was constantly reporting errors in them.
During this analysis, it occurred to him that all these tables could be
calculated by machinery. He was convinced that it was possible to construct a
machine that would be able to compute by successive differences and to even
print out the results. (He conceived of this 50 years before type-setting
machines or typewriters were invented.)
In 1814, the age of 23, Charles married 22-year-old Georgina Whitmore. Georgina
would have eight children in thirteen years, of which only three sons would
survive to maturity ...
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Ben Franklin
Number of Words: 442 / Number of Pages: 2
... doing my homework right now and concentrating on just this. Franklin believes that everything must have it’s place, and business must have it’s own time. This being my “business” it is receiving it’s own time.
Resolution: “Decide what you need to do, and do what you say you are going to do.” Ben says that you must figure out what it is that you are responsible to do, and do it so that you can be considered responsible.
Frugality: You should be nice to others because it is only going to cause trouble if you are not pleasant to be around. Being nice to others wil ...
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Archimedes
Number of Words: 419 / Number of Pages: 2
... single-handedly defended the city of Syracuse during a Roman siege by constructing huge lenses to focus the Sun's light on Roman ships and huge cranes to turn them upside down. When the Romans finally broke the siege, was killed by a Roman soldier after snapping at him "Don't disturb my circles", a reference to a geometric figure he had outlined on the sand.
biggest contribution to math, especially geometry, was his discovery for finding the volume of a sphere showing that it is two thirds the volume of the smallest cylinder that can contain it and the definition of Pi. Although Pi was used by the ...
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Paul Revere
Number of Words: 1170 / Number of Pages: 5
... revolution. On the twenty-second day of July, 1754 Reveres father died in his sleep. He was buried in the Old Granary. Paul was very distraught over losing his father. They were close, more like 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 married Sara Orne, or a Revere referred to her "Sary". After some years ...
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Robert E. Lee
Number of Words: 470 / Number of Pages: 2
... was made commander in chief of all Confederate
armies; two months later the war was virtually ended by his surrender to General
Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
The masterly strategy of Lee was overcome only by the superior resources
and troop strength of the Union. His campaigns are almost universally studied
in military schools as models of strategy and tactics, He had a capacity for
anticipating the actions of his opponents and for comprehending their weaknesses.
He made skillful use of interior lines of communication and kept a
convex front toward the enemy so that his reinforcemen ...
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Joseph Stalin
Number of Words: 724 / Number of Pages: 3
... basically got the people involved and motivated them into a modern life. From the 5-year plan, 25 million farms were produced which were only big enough to feed the families that were harvesting them. The more successful peasants were called the Kulaks. Along with the five-year plan, Stalin launched a campaign for the "collectivization of agriculture,’’ where millions of peasants were recognized as part of the civilization. Between 1934 and 1938 he built up a government, and armed forces in which millions of people were imprisoned, exiled, or shot. In 1938 he signed a Non- Aggression Pact with Hi ...
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Charles Dickens
Number of Words: 972 / Number of Pages: 4
... affectionate and happy, and in some strange way fundamentally sad and dangerously close to tears. 2
At the age of 12 Charles worked in a London factory pasting labels on bottles of shoe polish. He held the job only for a few months, but the misery of the experience remain with him all his life. 3
Dickens attended school off and on until he was 15, and then left for good. He enjoyed reading and was especially fond of adventure stories, fairy tales, and novels. He was influenced by such earlier English writers as William Shakespeare, Tobias Smollet, and Henry Fielding. However, most of the knowledge ...
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