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A. A. Milne
Words: 1620 / Pages: 6 .... his two older brothers Davis Barrett (Barry) and Kenneth John (Ken) grew up in the Henley House. This was a school for boys that his father ran. (WWW) As Milne grew up, he and his brother Ken became very close although he showed no affection for Barry. This is how things stayed for the rest of their lives. (WWW) Alan Alexander once said he and Ken shared “ ‘Equally all belief, all knowledge, all ambition, all hope and all fears’ ”. (WWW) While this statement symbolizes how close a bond there was between them he went on to say this about Barry and his relationship, “ ‘ Whoever heard … of two frogs assuming a friendliness which they don .....
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William Wodsworth
Words: 597 / Pages: 3 .... two works, the smaller, less obvious, similarities become noticeable. For example, both Dorothy and William refer to the daffodils as dancing in the wind, William's daffodils "dancing in the breeze," while Dorothy's "danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them." (Norton, 186, 293-294) Also, both describe the heads of the daffodils, instead of say, the tops, or buds. The difference in this is, however, that Dorothy Wordsworth has her daffodils "rest [ing] their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness" (Norton, 293) while William Wordsworth, in a quite different vein, has his daffodils "Tossing their hea .....
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Henry David Thoreau
Words: 1028 / Pages: 4 .... edit the transcendentalist journal, The Dial. When success did not come, Thoreau remained dedicated to his program of "education" through intimacy with nature, and also through writing that would express this experience. It was his life in nature that was his great theme.
In order for Thoreau to write so much on nature he had to be familiar with it. His knowledge of the woods and fields, of the rivers, the ponds, and swamps, of every plant and animal was outstanding. Emerson even stated, "His power of observation seemed to indicate additional senses." Thoureau wrote a book titled Walden(1854) in which the theme of it was the relationship to the .....
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Florence Nightingale
Words: 917 / Pages: 4 .... knew she wanted to help others on her own, but had no idea what she could do.
Florence refused to marry several suitors, and at the age of twenty-five told her parents that she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were appalled at this decision because the idea of nursing was associate with working class women and it was not considered a suitable profession for well-educated women.
While the family conflicts over Florence’s future remained unsolved it was decided that Florence would tour Europe. In her travels, Florence undertook months of nursing training, unbeknownst to her family.
Florence returned home, still with the dream to bec .....
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Biography And History: Harriet Jacob's The Life Of A Slave Girl
Words: 1005 / Pages: 4 .... because in
order for the reader to really understand her position as a woman and a slave,
she must make the story extremely personal. If it is too personal, however, the
reader looses sight of the bigger picture, and does not relate all these
hardships to the condition of the general female slave. She accomplishes this
in two ways, through her writing style, and the writing content.
The style that the novel is written varies from a dialogue to a narrative,
depending on the subject matter being written about. For example, the dialogue
where Mrs. Flint confronts Linda (Jocobs) and asks her what has been going on
with her husband is handle .....
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Biography Of John Dalton
Words: 539 / Pages: 2 .... A New System of Chemical Philosophy, in which he listed the atomic weights of a number of known elements, relative to the weight of hydrogen. His weights were not entirely accurate though , but they formed the basis for the modern periodic table of the elements. Dalton arrived at his atomic theory through a study of the physical properties of air and other gases.
English scientist. He taught mathematics and physical sciences at New College, Manchester. Dalton revived the atomic theory of matter (see ATOM), which he applied to a table of atomic weights and used in developing his law of partial pressures (Dalton's law). He was color-blind and studied .....
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Words: 2869 / Pages: 11 .... in 1960. By the time the Democratic
National Convention opened in July, he had won seven primary victories. His
most important had been in West Virginia, where he proved that a Roman
Catholic could win in a predominantly Protestant state.
When the convention opened, it appeared that Kennedy’s only serious
challenge for the nomination would come from the Senate majority leader,
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. However, Johnson was strong only among
Southern delegates. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot and then
persuaded Johnson to become his running mate.
Two weeks later the Republicans nominated Vice President Richard Nixon for
president .....
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Florence Nightingale
Words: 1995 / Pages: 8 .... took this opportunity to further educate herself. When she traveled she would secretly go out and visit hospitals. She kept extensive notes on all the hospitals. She took notes on management, hygiene, wards and doctors. She kept pursuing her desire to become a nurse even though her parents opposed the idea. Nursing in the nineteenth century was not considered a reputable career. Nurses did not have any training and hospitals were unsanitary places where the poor went to die. Her parents finally gave in and Nightingale was allowed to go to Kaiserswerth, a nursing school in Germany.
During the Victorian era (1837-1901) true womanhood .....
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Words: 1830 / Pages: 7 .... father by his side, pale and
immovable. As he took notice of me, I climbed upon his knee. He sighed and
said, " Oh my daughter, I wish you were a boy!" I threw my arms around his neck
and replied that I will try my hardest to be all my brother was.
I was determined to be courageous, to ride horses and play chess, and
study such manly subjects as Latin, Greek, mathematics, and philosophy. I
devoured the books in my father's extensive law library and debated the fine
points of the law with his clerks. It was while reading my father's law books
that I first discovered the cruelty of the laws regarding women, and I resolved
to get scissors and sni .....
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Bonnie And Clyde
Words: 1137 / Pages: 5 .... Three additional children followed Clyde’s birth, and the families financial difficulties worsened as the price for cotton bounced up and down. After some years the Barrow’s found it impossible to provide for their children and sent them to live with relatives in east Texas. At one relatives home Clyde developed two interests that remained with him to the end of hid life: a passion for music, and an obsession with guns. Even as Clyde drove along the lane in Louisiana to his death, he carried a saxophone and reams of sheet music, as well as an arsenal of firearms. Clyde loved and named his guns, and regarded them as tokens of his power. .....
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