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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1985.... On March 17, 1865 a fraternity called “Placet hic requiescere Musis” (May the Muses rest here) selected him as a member of their fraternity. Then on May 9 he joined a scientific society called “Natura Dux nobis et auspex” (Nature is our leader and protector).
Wilhelm didn’t like keeping house so, he found a room with the family of a cabinetmaker. There he started writing his first book, called “Question for the Inorganic Part of the Chemistry Textbook”, under the pen name of Dr J. W. Gunning. As you probably figured out that .....
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Sir Francis Bacon
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 445.... Bacon wrote marks such as the Instauratio Magna (Great
Restoration), setting forth his concepts for the restoration of humankind to
mastery over nature. It was intended to contain six parts: first a
classification of sciences; second a new inductive logic; third a gathering of
empirical and experimental facts; fourth examples to show the effectiveness of
his new approach; fifth generalization derivable from natural history; and a new
philosophy that would be a complete science of nature.
Bacon completed only two parts, however, the Advancement of Learni .....
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E. M. Forster
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1019.... to India where he worked as a personal secretary for Mahaharajah of Dewas. This resulted in his novel, A Passage to India. When he returned to England he wrote many critiques and articles but never wrote any more novels. died on June 7, 1970.
Many critics are split on 's writings, although most things written are positive and they all seem to agree on the same things. His use of characters and their development and his story lines all seem to be the same and have the same theme. All the characters in his books seem to contain the same elements. They are exe .....
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St. John The Evangelist
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1190.... live, how should he behave, and how moral his life should be. He was one of the first to follow those holy principles, and show them to others. One of his greatest challenges was writing a gospel.
is mostly known for writing a fourth Gospel. If you would ask any person to list his challenges almost everybody would tell you that he wrote a gospel. It is believed that he wrote a Gospel at the year of 96, after the death of Domitian. His object in writing it he tells us himself: “These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that, be .....
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Charles Dickens
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2027.... - Sketches by Boz are published in volumes. First Installment of Pickwick Papers published. Charles marries Catherine Hogarth, daughter of the editor in Morning Chronicle. In November, Charles begins editing job at Bentley’s Magazine.
· 1837 - Edits a magazine called Master Humphrey’s Clock. First sketch of The Old Curiosity Shop published.
· 1842 - First installment of Barnaby Rudge in Master Humphrey’s Clock. Visits the U.S.A for six months. American Notes is published.
· 1843 - The Christmas Carol is published
· 1844-45 - Charles moves to Italy. The Chimes is publi .....
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Don Quixote
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 639.... for at the time he wrote , the golden age of Spain was declining, along with the arts that had long been celebrated in the country’s culture. The stories that this book combats are perfect examples of this decline, much like the dark ages of the 14th century.
is considered a profound portraiture of two conflicting attitudes toward the world: idealism and realism. The work has been appreciated as a satire on unrealistic ideals, an exposè of the tragedy and harm of idealism in a corrupt world, and a plea for a return to reality. Whatever its intended emphasis, the work p .....
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The Harmful Effects Of Discrimination And Segregation
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 538.... Board of Education in Topeka case it was brought to attention that segregation and
discrimination obviously affect the children’s state of mind. In the experiment to prove this hypothesis many
black children were given a variety of white dolls and black dolls. They were then told to describe what they
thought of each doll. The results were in fact that majority of the young black children related the bad
characteristics with the black dolls and the good characteristics with the white dolls. It was then proven that
segregation and discrimination have long term inferi .....
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Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 478.... should be the one. Joe had supporters, which was accompanied by a game of bluff that finally forced First National to give up. When the merger was called off, the Columbia directors rewarded him with the top job. At 25 he had become the youngest bank president in the country.
In 1914, now the successful bank president married the love of his life, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Rose was the daughter of the Mayor of Boston, John Francis Fitzgerald, a leading Irish figure in Boston. Together they had 9 children, Joseph Patrick Jr., John Fitzgerald, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice .....
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