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Johann Sebastian Bach - The Brandenburg Concertos
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 586.... Arnstadt (1703-1707). Here, as in later posts, his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians – for example, the church choir – rubbed his colleagues the wrong way, and he was embroiled in a number of hot disputes during his short tenure. In 1707, at the age of 22, Bach became fed up with the lousy musical standards of Arnstadt (and the working conditions) and moved on the another organist job, this time at he St. Blasius Church in Muhlhausen (1707-1708). The same year, he married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach.
Again caught up in a running co .....
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Frost
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 694.... Harvard as a special student only to leave without a degree. Over the next ten years he would write more poetry. would live on and operate a farm in Derry, New Hampshire that his grandfather had purchase for him with the condition he live there for a minimum of ten years. He would also take a teaching position at Derry’s Pinkerton Academy to receive another form of income. would not stay there long, as he felt the need to once again move.
In 1912, when was nearly forty he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England, where he could devote hims .....
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Cortes 2
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 441.... On his way he met up with the Tlaxcalanc who formed an alliance with him against the Aztecs. In November of 1519, Cortes finally reached the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan. Upon his arrival the Axtecs believed Cortes and the Spainards were the return of Quetzalcoatl. Quetzalcoatl was the axtec god-king who was light skinned, bearded, and would return from the east. All of these descriptions fitted Hernan. Hence, the Spainards were treated lavishly and roamed freely throughout the city. During this time the Spainish found a lot of gold stored throughout the city. .....
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Anaximander
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1479.... forerunning philosopher Thales. The vast majority of Anaximader's thoughts were lost long ago; in fact, all that remains is a single fragment to tell us of his theories and thought processes. However, the fragment that remains is vast in scope and of incredible magnitude. This remaining utterance, which deals with the essence and substance of being, the origin of life, and life's cycle to death, all but forces one to believe that, with 's life, there was a marked turn in the course of human existence. A distinction was made that separated humans, most remarkably, from the ot .....
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Christopher Marlowe
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1886.... one of the best available during that time. The school day began and ended with a prayer at six am and five p.m. respectively. In addition to daily instruction in religion and music, they also sang the morning mass in the Cathedral. The boys were allowed to speak solely in Latin, even while at play. He was granted a scholarship, established by Matthew Perry, to attend Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. (Gale
Research) After receiving his BA in 1584, he became known as “Dominus” Marlowe(. At age twenty-one, his motto was “That which nourishes me, destro .....
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Fritz Haber
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1459.... research in electrochemistry and thermodynamics. He also authored several books arising from his research.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, the world-wide demand for nitrogen based fertilizers exceeded the existing supply. The largest source of the chemicals necessary for fertilizer production was found in a huge guano deposit (essentially sea bird droppings) that was 220 miles in length and five feet thick, located along the coast of Chile.
Scientists had long desired to solve the problem of the world's dependence on this fast disappearing natural source of .....
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John Brown
Number of pages: 1 | Number of words: 268.... is a strong hold for weaponry used by the military. , accompanied by a handful of abolitionists intruded on this governmental land with hopes of steeling the arms. The weapons were then going to be used in the attempted freeing of slaves.
It is true that Brown’s actions lasted only a short number of hours, involved only a few other kinsmen, and freed no slaves. However, are his actions wholly unjust and are they actions of a man with little or no sanity. The Northern Chronicle offers you another point of view.
Think of the horrid deeds being performed in the slave sta .....
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The Life Of Ian Fleming
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1090.... cut her out if she ever re-married. This provision virtually
guaranteed that she would remain forever Valentine's widow, regardless of
other loves or circumstances.
The knowledge of Ian's late father's looming wealth, and Ian's lack
of access to it was bound to make the young Fleming feel disinherited. The
unattainable Fleming fortune and high achievements of Valentine and Peter,
Ian's older brother, seem to have put a chip on Ian's shoulder. As Ian
failed to fill their shoes, it appears he became more determined to build
his own empire, create his own identity within t .....
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