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Wilson, Woodrow
Number of words: 1912 - Number of pages: 7

.... before he received the doctoral degree. In 1885 he married Ellen Louise Axson; they had three daughters. Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College (1885-88) and Wesleyan University in Connecticut (1888-90) before he was called (1890) to Princeton as professor of jurisprudence and political economy. A popular lecturer, Wilson also wrote a score of articles and nine books, including Division and Reunion (1893) and his five-volume History of the American People (1902). In 1902 he was the unanimous choice of the trustees to become Princeton's president. His reforms incl .....


King Arthur 2
Number of words: 380 - Number of pages: 2

.... with a figure who was not historical to start with." If there is a historical basis to the character, it is clear that he would have gained fame as a warrior battling the Germanic invaders of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. Since there is no conclusive evidence for or against Arthur's historicity, the debate will continue. But what can not be denied is the influence of the figure of Arthur on literature, art, music, and society from the Middle Ages to the present. Though there have been numerous historical novels that try to put Arthur into a sixth-c .....


Carl Gauss
Number of words: 1509 - Number of pages: 6

.... also taught himself the meanings of number symbols and learned to do arithmetical calculations. When reached the age of seven, he began elementary school. His potential for brilliance was recognized immediately. Gauss's teacher Herr Buttner, had assigned the class a difficult problem of addition in which the students were to find the sum of the integers from one to one hundred. While his classmates toiled over the addition, Carl sat and pondered the question. He invented the shortcut formula on the spot, and wrote down the correct answer. Carl came to the conc .....


Theodore Roosevelt
Number of words: 613 - Number of pages: 3

.... to go around all the islands you can now cut through the canal and have a much quicker traveling time. At the time that the Cubans were fighting with our country Roosevelt was quietly forming a cavalry regiment nicknamed Rough Riders. On July 1,1898 him and his men charged up Kettle Hill and defeated the Cubans. He and the Rough Riders became nationally famous. Roosevelt also helped out with labor unions. In 1902 members of the United Mine Workers went on strike. Coal started to became low and some hospitals and schools were beginning to run out of fuel. .....


Darwin Vs. Wallace
Number of words: 1099 - Number of pages: 4

.... thinking is conducted with flowing thoughts and ideas. This essay titled "Natural Selection and the Human Brain: " takes a look directly at two hard fought battles between evolutionists and creationists. Using sexual selection and the origins of human intellect as his proponents, Gould argues his opinion in the favor of evolutionary thought. In this essay titled "Natural Selection and The Human Brain: ," Gould tells about the contest between Darwin and another prominent scientist named Alfred Wallace over two important subjects. These topics, one .....


Ulysses S. Grant
Number of words: 1676 - Number of pages: 7

.... by both Mexico and the United States when the Mexican War began in 1846. (Scaturro 2) In 1847, Grant took part in the capture of Mexico City. By the end of the war he was promoted to first lieutenant for his skill and bravery. Grant's experiences in the Mexican War taught him lessons that will later help him during the Civil War. Grant was almost 39 years old when the Civil War began in 1861. He strongly opposed secession and as soon as war broke out he knew he had a duty to fight for the Union. He had been retired from the Army for seven years, but w .....


Oprah Winfrey
Number of words: 1152 - Number of pages: 5

.... work and education. She did not have any special background to be a most loved woman in America. She has overcame number of obstacles that most people have encountered in their own lives. She had to deal with poverty, sexual abuse, racism as a child, and her lifelong battle with weight. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 29, 1954. As a child, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then moved back to Nashville. She has lived through poverty, repeated sexual abuse, and a sentence to a juvenile delinquent home. (Hyde 1997 p.57) Oprah was c .....


Authur Miller
Number of words: 809 - Number of pages: 3

.... shut until then. For myself, the experience was invigorating. It suddenly seemed that the audience was a mass of blood relations, and I sensed a warmth in the world that had not been there before. It made it possible to dream of daring more and risking more." He did however push the limits when he released his controversial piece Death of a Salesman. And, he gained even more acclaim. Soon he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. He was quickly catapulted into the realm of the great, living, American playwrights; and once .....



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