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Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken"Do not follow where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-Robert Frost
Everyone is a traveler, choosing the roads to follow on the map of their continuous journey, life. There is never a straight path that leaves one with but a sole direction in which to ...
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Martin Luther King JuniorAn American clergyman, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent resistance to racial oppression, Martin Luther King Jr. will forever be remembered for his service to people of all races and nationalities. He showed through his life ...
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Ernest Hemingway And A Farewell To ArmsErnest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park,
Illinois. His father was the owner of a prosperous real estate business.
His father, Dr. Hemingway, imparted to Ernest the importance of
appearances, especially in public. Dr. Hemingway invented surgical
forceps for which he would ...
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Michael CollinsIn , I found the embodiment of that Irish virtue and tragedy. remains one of the most obscure and controversial heroes in Irish history. A survivor of the disastrous 1916 Easter Rising, Collins forged the fragments of the revolutionary movement into a ruthless underground army that compelled the ...
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Albert EinsteinOf all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man’s work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. Yes, many have heard of ’s ...
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Carlos SantanaRyan Conroy All the world knows the special magic of . Since 1966, he has led the group that bears his name, selling over 30 million albums and performing before an estimated 13 million people. In every performance, Carlos shares with his audience a personal communication that crosses all ...
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Gangster Dutch Schultz's LifeDutch Schultz is one of the best known New York mobsters of the prohibition era. After dropping out of school in the fourth grade and turning to a life of crime, Schultz started with pick-pocketing and petty theft, moved up to bootlegging and smuggling, and eventually left his mark in bloody gang ...
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Harriet TubmanThe abolitionist movement was intended to get rid of one of the darkest things in our country’s history. Pioneers of abolitionism devoted their lives to fight for freedom and the pursuit of a better life for blacks. One of the most famous abolitionists is . Her efforts in the Underground ...
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The Life Of Claude MonetClaude Monet is perhaps one of the most world renowned
impressionist painters. He was born in Paris on the Nov. 14th 1840. When
he was five years old, he moved to the port town of Le Havre. For much of
his childhood, Monet was considered by both his teachers and his parents to
be undisciplined ...
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Nat Turnerwas born on October 2, 1800 as property of a small plantation owner in Southampton, Virginia. His mother strongly hated slavery, and this hate was passed down to Nat. In his early twenties he was sold to a neighboring farm. He was sold again in 1831 to the Joseph Travis family.
Shortly after ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright“.......having a good start not only do I fully intend to be the greatest architect who has yet lived, but fully intend to be the greatest architect who will ever live. Yes, I intend to be the greatest architect of all time.” - 1867-1959 CHILDHOOD Born in Richland Center, in southwestern ...
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Eduard Munch(1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter, engraver, and printer. He is often reputed to have been a loner and a misogynist. Many of his works revolve around a motif concerning women and their obscene vulgarity. The two works that will be described here are Vampire (1893) and Jealousy (1896). These ...
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Mary Warrenis an important character in Arthur Miller’s play, THE CRUCIBLE. Much of the action in Act III revolves around Mary’s testimony in court. She is a kind and basically honest girl who tries to do the right thing, saving her friends from harm. However, throughout Acts I and II, Mary is a follower ...
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Bob Dole: A Race To The TopPeople understand they can't get all these tax cuts, protect their
favorite programs, and balance the budget," says Susan Tanaka speaking on the
promises made by presidential candidate Bob Dole to the American public (Gibbs
1996). Bob Dole proposed his tax cut package on Aug. 5, 1996 hoping to ...
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Aristotlewas born in 384 BC and lived until 322 BC. He was a Greek philosopher and scientist, who shares with Plato being considered the most famous of ancient philosophers. He was born at Stagira, in Macedonia, the son of a physician to the royal court. When he was 17, he went to Athens to study at ...
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A Biography Of Ralph Waldo EmeOne of Americas most influential thinkers and authors was Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston on May 25, 1803. Emerson's dad died when he was only eight, which forced his mom to take in boarders to support the family's needs. When Emerson was only 14, he entered Harvard, ...
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Costly Mistake 2The day started early around 3:00p.m, filled with beer and talk of what to do in the evening to come. Three of my best friends and I racked our brains, coming up with very little our minds not working one hundred percent because of all the booze. After many hours, we finally came up with the idea ...
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Justin B. Mrs. Wilkinson English Honors III 02/24/00 The 19th century had many great achievements happen within its 100-year time period. From the building of the Erie Canal, to the steel plow being invented. From the invention of the telegraph, to Thomas ...
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Joan Of Arc, first known as Jeanne d\'Arc, was born in the village of Domremy, in the Champagne district of northeastern France. She was born on January 6, 1412 and died May 30,1431 at the age of 19. Joan is a French national heroin and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She rescued France from defeat ...
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Thomas P. O'NeillTip was a man who was not bashful to call himself "a man of the house."
was a person whose greatest charm was that he seemed
"completely out-of-date as a politician." (Clift) He was a gruff, drinking,
card playing, backroom kind of guy. He had an image that political candidates
pay consultants ...
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Biography Of Martin Luther King Jr.Martin Luther King Jr. was a fine and strong man and should be
viewed as such, along with other American heroes, such as Abraham Lincoln,
and George Washington. He truly believed in his philosophy till his death.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 19, 1929, to Albert and
Martin Luther ...
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Marie Antoinettewas the wife of King Louis XVI of France. She was born in
1755 in France and was the daughter of the Great Emperor Francis I and Maria
Theresa of Austria. Because here parents came from two countries at war with
each other, their marriage formed a peace treaty. Marie was very spoiled ...
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Jane AddamsThe late 1800s was a time when many immigrants were coming to America, social classes were being distinguished, and a great deal of prejudices was sweeping over the United States. The upper and middle classes had extreme advantages over the lower class, which consisted of a large number of ...
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The Life Of Chief SeattleWhen stories are told about the American Indian it is usually the Indians that are looked upon as the heathens. They are portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American ...
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Elie Wieselwas born in the town of Sighet in northern Transylvania on September 30, 1928. His real name was Eliezer Wiesel. His family spoke Yiddish at home; they read newspapers and conducted their grocery business in German. Elie had begun religious studies in classical Hebrew almost as soon as he could ...
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