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Theodore Roosevelt
Number of pages: 13 | Number of words: 3342

.... of the Panama Canal. Often in his seven years in office, Roosevelt interpreted his executive duties broadly, to say the least. Many conservatives worried about Roosevelt overextending his powers, and, on at least a few occasions, he was guilty thereof. Yet did not wish to abuse his office, though he might have. The decisive and benevolent—if possibly unconstitutional—actions that took benefitted America by making it a more equal and progressive place. had several negative examples for commanding the couny. In 1798, in the wake of the French Revolution and to stave off R .....


Siddhartha Gautama
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 982

.... his mind of all worldly things and claimed to get enlightenment at the age of thirty-five, thus earning the title Buddha, or "Enlightened One." For the remainder of his eighty years, the Buddha preached the dharma in an effort to help other people reach enlightenment. When Siddhartha is a Brahmin, he believes in the existence of many gods, and performs sacrifices to them. After a while he realizes this is meaningless and decides to leave his family and community and become a Samana. As a Samana, he tries to destroy himself in may ways. He feels if he kills himself, with .....


Wilhelm Roentgen
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2002

.... for students. 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 .....


The Life Of Franz Liszt
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 351

.... divorced when he was eight years old.For some time he even lived under a bridge and was hospitalized for a heroin addiction.It was not entirely unexpected that Cobain committed suicide.He had entered a coma by overdosing on a mixture of schampagne and tranquilizers on March 4.Also, Kurt's family history showed that two of his father's uncle's committed suicide, along with the fact that there were a lot of disfuntional marriages and alcoholism present.During a concert, Kurt would jerk around as if he was being electrocuted.After his death, the sale of Nirvana memorabilia in .....


Galileo
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 561

.... after his speech it was said that he was over heard muttering "nevertheless it moves." Galileo was a very intelligent man and with this great wisdom he did many great things for science. He was right about most of his theories that he proclaimed to the public, but they seemed to think otherwise. On January 8, 1642, Galileo the great scientist died. Even though Galileo was right, the Roman Catholic Church clung to their position but 350 years later Galileo was forgiven for his so called crimes in 1633. [ Wallace, W.A., Galileo's Logical Treatises] Galile .....


Two Great Men: Franklin And Jefferson
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 850

.... educate yourself. He was a jack of all trades and master of many. He felt that a man should learn what he called his "business" throughly and work hard in order to succeed. In the "The Way to Wealth," one of his most popular articles which help shape American culture, he wrote, "Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, As Poor Richard says; and he that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, drive thy business, let no .....


Biography Of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 694

.... only had an incomplete year at a new college begun at Alcala by Francis Villanueva. At the age of 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 .....


Leo Tolstoi
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 363

.... in his birthplace of Yasnaja Polyana, where he started a school for peasant children. He investigated during further travels to Europe (1860-61) educational theory and practice, and published magazines and textbooks on the subject. In 1862 he married Sonya Andreyevna Bers (or Behrs). Between the years 1865 and 1869 appeared Tolstoy's major work, War and Peace, an epic tale depicting the story of five families against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Tolstoy's other masterpiece, Anna Karenina (1873-77), told a tragical story of a married woman, who follows he .....



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