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Raymond Mary Kolbe
Number of Words: 1013 / Number of Pages: 4
... theology and philosophy. Ordained to the priesthood in 1918, Father Maximilian taught Church History at a seminary in Cracow in 1919. Although the Whiskey priest’s history was not crimeless like Father Kolbe’s, he still taught mass proceedings and baptism.
After being diagnosed with tuberculosis and surviving a near fatal heart attack, Maximilian was determined to organize the first group of the Militia outside of Italy. The phenomenal growth of this apostolate between 1927 and 1929 led to the foundation of Niepokalanow near Warsaw. The name “Niepokalanow” means “City of the Immaculate”, and was ...
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George Berkeley
Number of Words: 575 / Number of Pages: 3
... without first perceiving it in some way.
It was an easy step from that ideology for him to adopt the phrase – Esse Est Percipi, which means, “To be is to be perceived.” There is a crippling problem that arises in this mode of thinking that can best be demonstrated by the following limerick:
who said “God,
must find it extremely odd
to think that this tree will continue to be
when there is no one
about in the quad.”
Dear Sir,
I’m always about
in the quad
and that’s why
this tree
will continue to be
since observed by
Yours Faithfully, ...
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Pierre De Fermat
Number of Words: 836 / Number of Pages: 4
... things in his lifetime. Some things that he did include: -If p is a prime and a is a prime to p then ap-1-1 is divisible by p, that is, ap-1-1=0 (mod p). The proof of this, first given by Euler, was known quite well. A more general theorem is that a0-(n)-1=0 (mod n), where a is prime to n and p(n) is the number of integers less than n and prime to it. -An odd prime number can be expressed as the difference of two square integers in only one way. Fermat's proof is as follows. Let n be prime, and suppose it is equal to x2 -y2 that is, to (x+y)(x-y). Now, by hypothesis, the only basic, integral factors ...
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Benito Mussolini
Number of Words: 818 / Number of Pages: 3
... these articles he spent time in prison and was then deported back to Italy.
In Italy he persisted and gave public speeches, the people loved his ideas. He became one of Italy's most intelligent and menacing young Socialist. In November 1914 he published, Il Popolo d'Italia, and the prowar group Fasci d'Azione Rivoluzionaria. Mussolini's lifeblood went into Il Popolo d'Italia. became a national force; groups supporting intervention in the war sprang up everywhere. His expectations for the war, was the collapse of society that would bring him to power. His socialist comrades were enraged by his ar ...
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T.S. Eliot
Number of Words: 1974 / Number of Pages: 8
... had personal experience of this but I am aware that serious illness and death can often make people focus sharply on the meaning of life. This could be said of the circumstances surrounding the writing of The Hollow Men, even if the ‘illumination’ simply highlighted a very dark time in Eliot’s life. The overriding image of humankind as ‘hollow men’ is powerful and depressing. In the context of a spiritual journey I would liken it to a ‘wilderness experience’. Like the children of Israel who came out of Egypt, Eliot seems to be without direction or hope. While the ‘hollow men’ are not totally empty, e ...
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ADOLF HITLER
Number of Words: 1948 / Number of Pages: 8
... again. In fact the Dean of the academy
was not very impressed with his performance, and gave him a really hard
time and said to him "You will never be painter." The rejection really
crushed him as he now reached a dead end. He could not apply to the school
of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years
of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the
dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate what would
have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit more
talent....or IF the Dean had been a little les ...
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Helen Keller
Number of Words: 1583 / Number of Pages: 6
... many of her earlier years Helen lived in darkness with very few ways to communicate with others around her. Obviously her attempts were not always successful. When she failed to communicate she would throw fits and have outburst that would upset not only her, but her family as well. Because of these violent fits, she appeared to be a very unruly child, but underneath all of the tragedy was a future inspirational figure that would surprise the world with amazing and countless abilities.
A large amount of Helen's accomplishments would not have been possible if it weren't for her mother and father. H ...
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Sir Thomas More
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... wife". More again shows his beliefs that a dispensation was given so that Henry could marry Catherine and Thomas knows that the Pope will not give a dispensation on a dispensation. More believes that the Pope should make the decision about the divorce. And More chooses to go against the divorce until the pope is approached.
Thomas More chooses not to sign the oath to the Act of Succession. When Thomas Cromwell asks him if he will sign the oath he refuses, because it's against his belief. When the Duke of Norfolk says "Thomas, you insult the King and his council in the person of the Lord Archbishop" Mor ...
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Hitler 2
Number of Words: 1359 / Number of Pages: 5
... thought him lacking in leadership qualities! After Germany's defeat in 1918 he returned to Munich, remaining in the army until 1920. His commander made him an education officer, with the mandate to immunize his charges against pacifist and democratic ideas. In September 1919 he joined the nationalist German Workers' party, and in April 1920 he went to work full time for the party, now renamed the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) party. In 1921 he was elected party chairman (Fuhrer) with dictatorial powers.
Rise to Power - Hitler spread his gospel of racial hatred and contempt for democracy. ...
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Confucius And Lao Tzu
Number of Words: 565 / Number of Pages: 3
... small group of disciples preaching. His teachings of Chinese ideals and customs soon spread all throughout Lu. In his speeches he also taught the people gathered his view of filial piety and his views of moral values. Then at the age of fifty he was appointed as the minister of crime of Lu. This administration was very successful, and Confucius made Lu very powerful and free from crime. Confucius never wrote his teachings out on paper himself, however they were passed down through his disciples and later wrote out in text form in a document called “Lun Yu.”(Encarta ’98, “Co ...
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