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Amerigo Vespucci
Number of Words: 493 / Number of Pages: 2
... the Monestary of San Marco to study with his uncle Giorgio.
In his new school, Amerigo along with the other European boys learned Latin,
math, grammar, history, Italian and Greek Literature, geography and astronomy.
Amerigo learned to love astronomy, because he was fascinated about all of the
shapes the stars made, that his uncle called constellations. Amerigo thought
about traveling about the Earth, but he thought it to be impossible, because he
was tought in school that the equator was a ring of fire that made the waters
boil there.
Amerigo's hopes of traveling the world were become more realistic ...
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Frederick Douglass
Number of Words: 523 / Number of Pages: 2
... he gave
showed him to be a great speaker. The opponents of Frederick believed that he
was never a slave, because of his great speaking skills and knowledge. In
response to this, Frederick wrote his life story in his book _Life and Times of
Frederick Douglass_. Frederick made a fatal mistake though, he had used the name
of his old master on the slave plantation. Upon learning of this, his old master
sent slave catchers to New England to bring him back. Fearing a life of slavery
again, Frederick fled to England. Here in England, he gave many lectures on the
abolitionists movement, and earned suf ...
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Joseph Hyden
Number of Words: 1818 / Number of Pages: 7
... At age seven, young Joseph entered the choir school at St. Steven's Cathedral in Vienna, where he was to remain for the next nine years. During his early years, he became interested in composing music, but he had no formal training until his late teens, when he worked for Italian musician and composer, Niccolò Porpora. He avidly studied music, including the works of C. P. E. Bach, and held several music-related jobs in Vienna during the 1750's. His earliest composition, Missa Brevis in F, comes from this period, as does Der Krumme Teufel (The Lame Devil), a burlesque opera, which Haydn ...
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Martin Luther And His Teachings
Number of Words: 357 / Number of Pages: 2
... sold 300,000 copies. Another reason was the financial and political difficulties experienced by the Church of Rome. Many people were worried about the prevalence of corruption and bribery and also critical of certain practices such as indulgences. The papacy was open to considerable amounts of criticism. Peasants also questioned why they had to pay tithes and why they couldn't elect their own priests. There was also social tension at the time. The Peasant's War, the issue of the Swiss mercenary soldier, and the withdrawal of Baptist communities are some examples. Political issues were another re ...
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Comparison Of Nicholas I And Nicholas Ii
Number of Words: 939 / Number of Pages: 4
... government of the country, and he thought that Russia needed more discipline rather than liberal reform. Nicholas ordered the codification of Russian laws, reformed finances, and attempted to set limits to serfdom. He made the censorship of newspaper and all opinion even stricter than before, and set up a secret police organization with spies throughout the country. These new measures made him and his government unpopular to say the least. Nicholas’ foreign policy was directed towards the east. He increased Russian territory at the expense of Persia soon after he came to the throne. In 1 ...
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Burr, Aaron
Number of Words: 991 / Number of Pages: 4
... career in the Senate was not particularly memorable. Hamilton hated him, Clinton soon learned to distrust him, and George Washington refused his request to be appointed minister to France. But in and out of Congress, Burr managed to maneuver so skillfully, and with so much personal charm, that he won the support of many Federalists as well as Democratic Republicans.
In 1796 and 1800, Burr ran for vice-president with Thomas Jefferson on the Democratic-Republican ticket. Whatever doubts Virginia Republicans had about Burr--they had not voted for him in 1796--were put to rest when he carried New York ...
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Richard Milhous Nixon
Number of Words: 2764 / Number of Pages: 11
... Quaker family, where hard work and integrity were deeply-rooted and heavily emphasized. Always a good student, he was invited by Harvard and Yale to apply for scholarships, but his older brother's illness and the Depression made his presence close to home necessary, and he was attended nearby Whittier College, where he graduated second in his class in 1934. He went on to law school at Duke University, where his seriousness and determination won him the nickname "Gloomy Gus." He graduated third in his class and applied for jobs with both large Northeastern law firms and the FBI His appli ...
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Revelation By Flannery Oconnor
Number of Words: 2340 / Number of Pages: 9
... is grateful to be a "superior" white landowner who is above the white trash in the waiting room and the black helpers on her farm. She is repulsively guilty of pride and obsessed with status and property She believes you have to "have certain things before you can know certain things"(344).
Her "revelation" is brought on by an unattractive, yet well educated young woman in a doctorıs office. Mary Grace ends up throwing a book at Mrs. Turpin because of her frustration with the womanıs ignorance. After Mrs. Turpin gets knocked upside the head, she looks at Mary Grace, expecting God to talk to her ...
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James A. Garfield
Number of Words: 620 / Number of Pages: 3
... into the Union.
During the Civil War, he helped to recruit the 42nd Ohio Volunteer
Infantry and became the infantry's colonel. He fought at Shiloh in April 1862,
served as a chief of staff in the Army of the Cumberland, saw action at
Chickamauga in September of 1863.
When the Union victories had been few in 1862, he successfully led a
brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky, against Confederate troops. And in
1862, at the age of 31, he became brigader general, only to be made a major
general in 1863.
Meanwhile, in 1862, he was elected by fellow Ohioans to The United
States House of Representatives. ...
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Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine Of Aragon
Number of Words: 2911 / Number of Pages: 11
... as a brave woman, without mercy.
The people of England not only loved her as their Queen, but as their
friend. Catherine of Aragon came into Henrys life as a sister-in-
law. She was married to Arthur, Henry's brother. Arthur soon died after
their marriage and Catherine was left a widow. Two years after his death,
Catherine soon realized her love for Prince Henry. Although a few years
younger than she, Henry still found it in his heart to love her back. The
two planned on getting married, but there were obstacles, very difficult
ones, that stood in their way. In 1502, Henry decided to marry her. ...
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