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- 401: Socrates
- ... in a small classroom. These students were much like disciples. They respected and followed in the philosophies of their teacher. ’ most famous pupil, Plato, went on to become a great philosopher like his mentor. lived through and fought in the Peloponnesian War. After Athens’ defeat, the democracy was replaced by a tyranny. This did not bother much because his belief in government was a rather simple and apathetic one. He ... of proposing a reasonable penalty, suggested ridiculous ones which angered the jury; causing them to vote on the death penalty once again. did not seem to mind at all. He was sent to prison and lived their surrounded by his friends and disciples for his last few days. His life ended by drinking hemlock as his friends cried at his bedside. Only after this scandalous death, did all of Greece realize ... all situations; the law should be followed and that is all. There was not much I was willing to do. After some thinking, I decided to go along with the law, after all, I had lived a happy life. One that I was proud of living, no matter how unusual it may appear to others. I was an old man of seventy. I found and understood myself, and had achieved ...
- 402: Hardships Of Southern Sharecro
- ... easier for germs to spread, which meant that when one person in a family got sick the rest of the family got sick along with them. The construction of these shacks that the tenant farmers lived in was also very poor. In many cases the roofs were leaky (Walker 40). In other cases the houses were never even painted, which meant that the houses were more susceptible to rotting or water damage. After looking back at the way the southern sharecroppers lived it is easy to see that their way of life was well below what is considered decent. These tenant farmers were plagued with disease, they lacked a thorough education, and they lived in wretched little shacks that were well below society’s standards. It was hard for the sharecroppers to get out of this way of life, though, because they had little money, and their education ...
- 403: Abraham Lincoln
- ... the marketplace. Lincoln would work to end slavery for the rest of his life. The next year Lincoln made a second flatboat trip to New Orleans. Afterwards he moved to New Salem, Illinois, where he lived until 1837. While there he worked at several jobs including operating a store, surveying, and serving as postmaster. He impressed the residents with his character, wrestled the town bully, and earned the nickname "Honest Abe ... conspirators that included Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, John Surratt, Lewis Powell (also called Lewis Paine or Payne), George Atzerodt, and David Herold. Booth also met with Dr. Samuel Mudd, both in Maryland (where Mudd lived) and Washington, and he began using Mary Surratt's boardinghouse to meet with his co-conspirators. On March 17, 1865, the group planned to capture Lincoln who was scheduled to attend a play at a ... December 1, 1862. "My friends, no one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, ...
- 404: The Library Card
- ... to broad. That winter Richard began to eat warm food and three courses a day. He realized that the more the meals, the more better he could read. He also thought that he might have lived through illnesses and survived them, never suspecting that he was ill. Richard and his brother started saving money to head up north. Since he felt that the white men at his work would change toward ... like everything he thought have has a negative effect to it. He was confused and he wanted to find answers. Reading books can help people understand and realize what is going on around them. Richard lived his life thinking that he knew everything there is to know, and that he lived in a pleasant place. When he started reading, he learned that the world around him was not a good place at all. The whites ruled everything and the blacks were slaves. Books had changed ...
- 405: Causes Of The The French Revolution
- ... s population of 24 million, only 500,000 people belonged to the First and Second Estates together. The nobility and clergy enjoyed special privileges, while resentment grew among the less privileged. Many of the clergy lived in luxury. They provided religious services and priests operated schools and helped the poor. The church collected a large tax from the peasants (Third estate) and owned 10 percent of the land in France. Although ... two groups: lower clergy and higher clergy. The higher clergy spent huge sums of money on hunting dogs, horses, carriages, fine furniture and art work. Members of the lower clergy were parish priests who mostly lived in poverty. The nobility owned a quarter of all land in France. They received generous gifts and pensions from the King. Some owned large estates, and still paid almost no taxes. The nobility also received ... the nobles were wealthy or powerful. Some often sought to undermine the King's rule. The nobles insisted on keeping and expanding their privileges at the expense of the peasants. Most of the Third Estate lived in poverty. Old fashioned ways of farming were one reason for this poverty. The other was taxation. Because the clergy and nobles paid almost no taxes, the heaviest tax burden fell on the peasants. ...
- 406: The Tv Era
- The 20th century marked the beginning of a new era - the modern age. Some of the greatest minds the human race has ever witnessed lived and worked during the last several decades. These fathers of technology , who arrived well ahead of their time, created the world as people know it. Car, airplane, rocket, are only few of the inventions that ... a positive part of modern life, might seem arguable from several different viewpoints. Positively or not, the television has affected the life of almost every human being on the Earth First of all, people who lived before the television era could not hear the latest news at any time. The only source of news was the papers. However, without any significant technology involved, the newspapers could only report on the local events. On the top of that, usually such news offered information not accurate enough and too old to interest greater percentage of the population. All the people lived at the slower pace, by not knowing what was going on around them. For instance, a trading person who worked in the United States could hardly find out how British economy did. In the ...
- 407: Crazyhorse
- ... led his father to give Curly the name Crazy Horse. This was the name of his father and of many fathers before him (Guttmacher 47). In the 1850’s, the country where the Sioux Nation lived, was being invaded by the white settlers. This was upsetting for many of the tribes. They did not understand the ways of the whites. When the whites tore into the land with plows and hunted ... lifestyles much different from the lifestyles of the Sioux. In 1865, U.S. officials wanted to obtain land from the Indians. They offered many different bribes, such as gifts and liquor, to the Indians who lived around the forts. They were very good at making the sell of land seem temporary and they convinced many that what the right thing to do was sell. The land they wanted was access land ... was a place where spirits dwelled, a holy place called Pa Sapa by the Sioux. The whites had only the crudest concept of what the hills meant to the Indians. By 1876 ten thousand whites lived in Custer City, the frontier town of the southern Black Hills. Agency Indians were not living very well on the reservations. Government agents were corrupt. They would accept diseased cattle, rotten flour and wormy ...
- 408: Jungle Book
- ... book are written about animals. The animals have to prove things to other animals, and their struggles and victories make up the stories. Stories of Mowgli This collection of stories is about a boy that lived in the jungle. Mowgli was raised by wolves after his family was frightened away by a tiger named Shere Khan. Shere Khan wanted to eat the boy but the wolves would not let him. Mowgli ... there for the rest of their days. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’ This story is about a mongoose that is raised by a small family of three. The family thought that they were relatively safe. The family lived in a jungle in a little hut. Many different types of animals lived in the garden. The family did not know, however, that one of these groups of animals consisted of two Cobras. These Cobras were thinking of killing the family. They thought that if they killed ...
- 409: Albania
- ... borders of the new state, owing to strong pressure from Albanian s neighbors, the Great Powers largely ignored demographic realities and ceded the vast region of Kosovo to Serbia . However, Albania s independence was short lived. Alone with the outbreak of the First World War, came the collapse of Albania. Political chaos engulfed Albania after the outbreak of World War I. Surrounded by insurgent Durres, Prince Wilhem departed the country in ... federal units of the state. The constitution also stated that the boundaries of the units that made up the state were not to be changed without the consent of all eight units. Finally, the Albanians lived peacefully in a land where they were able to control their own destiny. Unfortunately, these conditions did not last long. The Socialist Republic of Serbia made an amendment (amendment 47, article 3) which stated: The ... treated; - 2 journalist were subject to ill-treatment; - 5 persons were kidnapped Moreover, all of the above mention incidents occurred during the first month of 1998. So, the conditions got worst for the Albanians who lived in Kosovo. Finally, after years of Humanitarian Laws being violated NATO finally decide to intervene, and assist the Albanians in returning home. The transition will not be an easy one. Albanians have only known ...
- 410: Huckleberry Finn Book Report
- ... first writings appeared in a newspaper on February 2, 1863 under the pen name Mark Twain. Clemens fell in love with Olivia Langdon and married her in 1870 after a long courtship. The Clemens family lived in Hartford, Connecticut from 1871 until 1891, the period of his best writing. In 1872, he published his first book, Roughing It. He published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876. The Adventures of Huckleberry ... down the Mississippi River and used their wits in dealing with a variety of people. (3) Complicating Incidents After a couple of adventures on the river, a steamboat hit the raft. Huck went ashore and lived at the home of the Grangerfords until he learned about the deaths caused by a feud with another family. He returned to the raft to find two con men claiming to be a duke and ... him remain a free man. Huck decided not to betray his friend even though it was against everything he had been taught. He discovered his own identity and learned about the world in which he lived. PERSONAL REACTION I enjoyed this novel because of the intense use of colloquial speech and dialect. I would recommend this novel because Clemens style gives a realistic view of life on the Mississippi River ...
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