... had “auditory hallucinations which caused insomnia” and he also “suffered” from acrophobia and melancholy. He even talked of suicide (Slonimsky 903). In 1852, Schumann had a “rheumatic attack” accompanied by sleeplessness and depression (Sadie 847-848). This affected his speech and ability to move. He soon became apathetic (Sadie 848). He became sick with depression and was affected by this most of his life (Stanley 147). In 1833 he became “deeply melancholic” as a result of the death of Rosalie, his sister-in-law. He even attempted suicide by trying to jump out of a “fourth-floor window” (Sadie 834-835). Schumann eventually fel ...
... he received C’s in each of his public-speaking classes in his first year. But King worked and worked on his public-speaking that, by the end of his third year at Crozer, the professors were praising King for the powerful impression he made in public speeches and discussions. Throughout his education, King was exposed to influences that related Christians theology to the struggles of oppressed peoples. At Morehouse, Crozer, and Boston University, he studied the teachings on the nonviolent protests of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. King also read and heard the sermons of white ministers who protested against American racism. All of these things were especially ...
... of funds. In that same token then, no one class should be allowed to have control over these things. He went onto comment that the exploitation of the working class must come to an end. That end would be achieved through revolution. Once this was achieved, everybody would work according to their abilities and then be paid accordingly (Capital, 586-617). Soon after, however, technical innovations would create such abundance of goods that "everyone works according to his abilities and receives according to his needs." Soon thereafter, money would have no place in society. People would be able to take what they want and would be lacking nothing. Marx then believed th ...
... 409). When his mother died, Poe was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, Poe was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, Poe entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record. He got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. Poe was confused and homesick. He learned to play cards and started drinking. Soon he was in debt in excess of two thousand dollars. Poe dis ...
... nomination on the 2000 ballot. However, even if he makes it past the primaries it will take more than a “brand name” to win this election. According to the June 21, 1999 issue of Newsweek 65% of voters they polled still knew nothing or little of George W. Bush. When looking at a possible future President of the United Sates of America it is not uncommon to start with their past and work forward to see their progress and failures. George W. Bush attended a preparatory school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Like many young men he was interested in sports and he selected to the men’s basketball team at Phillips Academy. Envied by his peer ...
... Nation in 1926, entitled "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain". It spoke of Black writers and poets, "who would surrender racial pride in the name of a false integration", where a talented Black writer would prefer to be considered a poet, not a Black poet, which to Hughes meant he subconsciously wanted to write like a white poet. Hughes argued, "no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself'. He wrote in this essay, "We younger Negro artists now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren't, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too... If colored peopl ...
... had these things were assumed to be elect...almost a way to make yourself elect...? This didn't last long as people continued to become more open minded...for America was giving them the freedom to do this, along with many other freedoms. Thomas Jefferson, America's 3rd president, and an accomplished one at that. Jefferson helped bring into exhistance the Declaration of Independence. He also bought a huge amount of land from Napolean, known as the Lousiana Purchase for 15 Million dollars, what a deal! Napolean definately needed money to finance his little war, tsk tsk. A real thinker in the enlightenment also. Washington Irving, named after George Washington ...
... of Bern, the following year becoming professor of physics at the University of Zurich. By 1909 Einstein was recognised as a leading scientific thinker. After holding chairs in Prague and Zurich he advanced (1914) to a prestigious post at the Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft in Berlin. From this time he never taught a university courses. Einstein remained on the staff at Berlin until 1933, from which time until his death he held a research position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In the first of three papers (1905) Einstein examined the phenomenon discovered by Max Planck, according to which electromagnetic energy seemed to be emitted from radiat ...
... William Irving and Peter Irving and William's brother-in-law James Kirke Paulding, together they wrote "Salmagundi", or, the "Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff", and others, a series of essays and poems on New York society. Irving's contributions to this thing established his reputation as an essayist and wit, and this reputation was enhanced by his next work, "A History of New York " (1809), evidently written by Irving's famous comic creation, the Dutch-American scholar Diedrich Knickerbocker. The work is a account of New York State during the period of Dutch occupation which was from (1609-1664). Irving's mocking tone and funny descriptions of ...
... services. Like the luminaries of heavens each contributed his portion of influence; but, like them, they differed, as star differeth from star in glory. But in the constellation of great men, which adorned that era, few shone with more brilliancy, or exercised a more powerful influence than .” (Fradin 98) People like to hear the story of for two reasons. First it is a story of the greatest hero in American history full of much triumph and fighting for the common good. Also they like to hear of how he was a failure in every sense before he found exactly what his life’s calling was. Perhaps it gives people some hope for their own lives because he failed at e ...
