... he was well schooled. It is thought that he attended Florentine schools but also continued learning on his own. He seemed to be influenced greatly by Brunetto Latini, who has a large part in The Divine Comedy. His early writings attracted the attention of Guido Cavalcanti, a popular Italian poet of the day, as Dante's skill became more defined the two became friends. It is also thought that Dante studied at the university in Bologna around the year 1285. He became involved in some political altercations, he joined the Guelphs, as opposed to the Chibellines, and he was involved in a battle and emerged victorious. It was around this time, 1290, that Beatrice ...
... by the church or society. By the time she was twelve, her family moved to a house on Pleasant Street where they lived from 1840 to 1855. Emily was already writing letters, but composed most of her poetry in this home. Emily only left home to attend Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for two semesters. Though her stay there was brief, she impressed her teachers with her courage and directness. They felt her writing was sensational. At the age of twenty-one, Emily and her family moved to the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street. This move proved to be very difficult for Emily. This was difficult for Emily because she became very attached to her old house, which sha ...
... to do. To this day, Gagnon has not forgotten the worst bully of all. Sean Gagnon said that it was usually "himself". He never was the one to keep his mouth shut. He was the one who liked to stir the pot....a lot. He used to get his nose dirty all the time. The problem was he was smaller than everybody else. Then in turn he was the one that had gotten in the end. But by looking at Gagnon (gon- yoe) he is definately all grown up. The skinny kid who once stood 180 cm as a junior in high school is now a 189 cm, 96 kg monster with a very mean steak. He just happens to play ice hockey for a living. Only this time, he is the one beating everyone up. Gagnon has l ...
... in the city. In this group an individual must be heard in order to defend himself and others in need. This was accomplished by those trained in rhetoric. Therefore those who taught this art stood to obtain a lot of wealth from their endeavors. These were known as sophists with whom much contempt was held by such philosophers as Socrates. "The greatest school of Rhetoric in all Greece was at this period held in Athens by the renowned Isocrates, who was at the zenith of his reputation."(Collins p. 11) A competitor with this school was Plato's Academy of philosophy which is where Aristotle arrived at in the year 367 B.C.. Plato became Aristotle's teacher a ...
... Liljekrans (written in 1856). All these plays were inspired by folk songs, folklore or history, all of which are leitmotifs that run through Ibsen’s works. Ibsen became creative director of The Norwegian Theater in Christiania in 1858. The next year, he wrote the historical play The Vikings at Helgeland. The Pretenders was written in 1863. Beside Bjornstjerne Bjornson’s Sigurd Slembe, The Pretenders is considered the main work of historical fiction produced during this era. married Suzannah Thoresen (1836-1914) in 1858. Soon after, he wrote the poem "On the Heights"(1859) and the play Love’s Comedy (1863). The years in Christiania were difficult ...
... was among the natural rights of man. He encouraged public opinion. He had a system of free public education. Alexander Hamilton was the symbol of the Federalist party. He had a dream of national grandeur to which he was prepared to subordinate the interests of the people. He had a wish to replace the Articles of Confederation with a strong centralized government. The states were to have virtually no power. Hamilton thought that under this essentially monarchical plan, the national government would have unlimited sovereignty. Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish. ...
... of the first papers, and also writing the Poor Richard’s Alamack. His autobiography is also a very important work to this day. Franklin was also an important scientist of his time. His personality influenced many of the leaders of the baby American government. This coupled with his exceptional achievement made Franklin a great inspiration to the people of his time that lasts to this day. Alan Greenspan is a recent figure in history, but his impact on the present and future economics of America is incalculable. The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan is in charge of setting interest rates and reporting to the government on the state of the entire econ ...
... 1988. Hussein started this war to control Arab-inhabited areas and especially for oil resources. Hussein is also known as a ruthless leader who used chemical weapons on Kurdish people seeking freedom in the 1980’s. In August, 1990, Hussein invaded and annexed Kuwait for violating oil production laws set by the Organization of Petroleum Exports Countries(OPEC). (Kuwait had lowered the price of oil.) The Iraqi forces killed many Kuwaiti people and stole or destroyed much property. Hussein apparently wanted to use Kuwait’s vast oil resources to help Iraq’s economy. Many people believed that Iraq would next invade neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia. Some ...
... knew that it only meant death. did horrible things to Jewish people because he was inferior and hungry for power. had Jews killed because they believed in the Jewish religion, and he, on the other hand believed in the German race. Adolf 's secret police searched all houses for passages with Jews hidden away. Adolf also decided the Germans were a master race, so any other race had to be wiped out. Since Adolf had a dictatorship, he could tell Germans to kill all Jews. Adolf killed and captured many Jews. , as a young child, had a very troubled childhood. His father, a petty customs official, wanted the boy to study for a government position. But as wr ...
... and physics. After two years he obtained a post at the Swiss patent office in Bern. The patent-office work required Einstein's careful attention, but while employed (1902-1909) there, he completed an astonishing range of publications in theoretical physics. For the most part these texts were written in his spare time and without the benefit of close contact with either the scientific literature or theoretician colleagues. Einstein submitted one of his scientific papers to the University of Zurich to obtain a Ph.D. degree in 1905. In 1908 he sent a second paper to the University of Bern and became a lecturer there. The next year Einstein received a regular appoin ...
