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Term Papers on Biographies
Hudson Taylor
Number of words: 1084 - Number of pages: 4.... in a most humble and poor conditions to show his dependence upon God in every day life and activity. He was obedient and listened to the call of God. He was described as many of the fruits of the Spirit that God shows in the Word. Sacrifice became a daily thing for Hudson, as God molded and shaped Hudson for His will.
was just that sort of man, one who you could call a saint. He would go where no one would want to go. And do what no one would want to do. He willed to do Gods will, and that was to go to china and spread the good news of salvation to all the los .....
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James Joyce
Number of words: 1326 - Number of pages: 5.... techniques to convey the essential nature of realistic
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situations, Joyce merged in his greatest works the literary traditions of realism, naturalism, and symbolism” (Encarta, 1). “In 1941, suffering from a perforated ulcer, Joyce dies in Zurich on January thirteenth” (Encarta, 1).
“Joyce’s story, “Clay”, starts off on Halloween, which is the Celtic New Year’s Eve and Feast of the Dead. In Irish customs, it is a night of remembrance of the dead ancestors and anticipation of the various fortune .....
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Sir Anton Dolin
Number of words: 1245 - Number of pages: 5.... Pat studied under Italia Conti, and at the same time he attended the Pitman School for instruction in stenography and French. In 1917, a month after attending a performance of Princess Seraphina Astafieva’s Swinburne Ballet, the thirteen-year-old boy registered for lessons with the Russian ballerina. A former pupil of the Imperial School and at one time principal dancer in the Diaghilev Ballet Russe, Astafieva was then conducting the only school of Russian ballet in London, which stressed the importance of the individual dancer in ballet. After Pat had been .....
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Davy Crockett
Number of words: 1033 - Number of pages: 4.... the mill was washed away with his home. After this disaster John Crockett removed his family to Jefferson County where he built and operated a log-cabin tavern on the Knoxville-Abingdon Road. (This cabin has been restored and is now located at Morristown, 30 miles Southwest of Greeneville.) The young Davy no doubt heard tales told by many a westbound traveler - tales which must have sparked his own desire for adventure in the great western territories. In his dealings with his father's customers, Davy must also have learned much about human nature and so refined .....
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The Life Of Booker T. Washington
Number of words: 767 - Number of pages: 3.... that we are socially capable of taking care of
ourselves. He said the way we do this is make successful businesses we get
educated and get into politics. For these beliefs that Booker believed in
is why he was called "The Great Compromiser." Many white ex-slave owners
began to respect Bookers notions. Not only was he becoming acknowledged by
the Blacks but now also by the whites. Booker T. Washington was being
secretly funded by great industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D.
Rockefeller. The love approached racism in a nonthreatening way. The only
thing t .....
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Life Of A Roman Slave
Number of words: 537 - Number of pages: 2.... Furious that such horrors could happen to his son, Gnaeus blamed Argus for not stopping the attack sooner. Instead of death Argus was to live out his days as a gladiator, a barbarous warrior, killing others for entertainment or being killed himself.
Though many of the gladiators were considered celebrities, the lives of most were short and unfavorable. Argus however, was extremely fit and made a good fighter. Though barely making it through the first contest, the following events became easier and easier. Becoming well known, Argus began to like the life of .....
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Nathanial Hawthorne
Number of words: 892 - Number of pages: 4.... his
book " The House Of The Seven Gables". The story of The House Of The Seven
Gables streches over two centuries. It's the classic scenario of two rival
families, in this case the Pyncheons ( weathly aristocratic puritans) and
the Maules ( humbler paupers). The story of these two families begins with
Matthew Maule, who owned a certain amount of land and built himself a hut
to live in, in this new puritan settlement. Maule was a hard working but
obscure man, who was stubborn and protected what was his. His rival arrived
at the settlement about 30 to 40 years aft .....
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Roald Dahl
Number of words: 568 - Number of pages: 3.... He went there from age 13-20 (1929-1936). It may seem odd he Dahl went to the school until he was twenty, but you have to keep in mind this was an English school. Each day on the way to and from school, seven years old Dahl and his friends passed by a sweet shop. Unable to resist the lure of "Bootlace Liquorice" and "Gobstoppers"- the children would pile into the store and buy as much candy as they could with their allowance. It is memories like this that contribute to Dahl's work. This specific memory is much alike his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In .....
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