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John Quincy Adams
Number of words: 885 - Number of pages: 4.... wherever I go. When I was a kid, our family was very
closely knit, as we all helped manage the farm, except for my dad, who was
usually away in foreign countries. This didn't affect me very much since I
joined up with him when I was 11 on his operations after my persistent
asking. As President, I worked scrupulously to work out problems and
provide leadership for the country. This was acknowledged by my fellow
officials in office and by the country, as I'm thought of as a person with
integrity and honesty. Louisa Catherine Adams, my wife, holds a special
place in my heart. She has a .....
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Charles Shults
Number of words: 1596 - Number of pages: 6.... of arguments. Although he is concerned with the true meaning of life, his friends sometimes call him "blockhead." Other than his knack for putting himself down, there are few sharp edges of wit in that head of his; usually he’s the butt of a joke, not the joker. He can be spotted a mile away in his sweater with the zig zag trim, head down, hands in pockets, headed for Lucy’s psychiatric booth. He is considerate, friendly and polite and we love him knowing that he’ll never win a baseball game, or the heart of the the little red-haired girl, kick the football Lucy is hol .....
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Sandro Botticelli
Number of words: 623 - Number of pages: 3.... quite simple in nature, depicts nothing more than the bust of a teenage boy with a red hat on. The boy is uniquely outlined on each side with the right side of his body gently fading into a black backdrop and the left having a sharp and precise line separating him from the black. As the viewer may notice, the young man does not pose any facial gesture which may depict emotion. It is therefore almost impossible to know the feelings of Botticelli’s subject. Many feel that Botticelli was merely documenting the boy’s physical appearance without evoking feeling from his viewers. Botticelli a .....
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King Solomon
Number of words: 1654 - Number of pages: 7.... extended his influence by skillful diplomacy rather than war (8). International commerce and a large copper-mining industry aided in Solomon’s wealth. Contact with other nations showed his advanced intelligence. Solomon displayed political and administrative wisdom and showed himself equal to his father by taking full advantage of the chance for economic expansion.
The Song of Solomon is a book of the Old Testament. It is a unique collection of love poetry. In Christian versions of the Bible it usually appears after the Book of Ecclesiastes. In the Hebrew Bible it is found after .....
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The Marriage
Number of words: 390 - Number of pages: 2.... things. He had also changed the ports on the computer as well . I reset everything and headed back for the shop.
And of course we have the wild one ,Sam . Now Sam has mice.And as mice go, they love to eat. The mice had eaten almost all of Sams I.D.E. cables and tinkled over the rest.which in fact ruined most of her computer.Sam and I sat talked and decided to rebuild what she had . The parts that she did not have the money for I loaned to her.Everyday when the phine rang I knew without a doubt that Sam was on the other end of the phone with another complaint about her computer usually wit .....
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Issac Newton
Number of words: 1269 - Number of pages: 5.... head of his class.
In 1656 Newton's stepfather died. His mother returned to Woolsthorpe to take care of the farm left by Newton's father. But she could not manage the farm by herself. Isaac was taken out of school and brought home to help her.
As a farmer, Newton proved to be a dismal failure. He neglected the necessary chores and thought only of books to study and mechanical things to make. There are many stories about him at that time that show how absent minded he was becoming. One day while he was leading a horse, the animal slipped its bridle and ran away. Isaac continu .....
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Benjamin Franklin
Number of words: 987 - Number of pages: 4.... gift for compromise often
helped prevent bitter disputes which could have stalled the formation of the new
government.
Interestingly, Ben Franklin, who was a chief participant in the battle
for independence, “had a lot to lose by it.” (Wright 1986, page 204). He had a
residence in London and was influential in England. However, his love of
liberty and his desire to promote the well being of Pennsylvania pushed him
toward independence for the colonies. Franklin had to wrestle with his
conscience over his own private affairs. Also, since he was well respected in
England, he was "th .....
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The Life Of Charles Dickens
Number of words: 922 - Number of pages: 4.... reading widely in the
British Museum (Huffam).
In late 1822, John was needed back at the London office, so they
had to move to London. This gave Charles opportunities to walk around the
town with his father and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of the
area. This gave him early inspiration that he would use later on in his
life when he started to write (Mankowitz 13-14).
James Lamert, the owner of a boot-blacking factory, saw the
conditions that the Dickens family was going through. He offered Charles a
job there and he was paid six shillings a week which was reasonable at
that time. .....
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Charles Manson: Orgins Of A Madman
Number of words: 2727 - Number of pages: 10.... himself with odd jobs and petty theft. His
mother turned him into the juvenile authorities, who had him sent to "Boys
Town," a juvenile detention center, near Omaha, Nebraska. Charles spent a total
of three days in "Boys Town" before running away. He was arrested in Peoria,
Illinois for robbing a grocery store and was then sent to the Indiana Boys
School in Plainfield, Indiana, where he ran away another eighteen times before
he was caught and sent to the National Training School for Boys in Washington
D.C. Manson never had a place to call "home" or a real family. He spent his
chil .....
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Number of words: 582 - Number of pages: 3.... entire club. As we know he was already a major part of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religion, Plato and even his wife influenced Emerson. He also inspired many Transcendentalists like Thoreau. Emerson didn't win any major awards, but he did win the love and appreciation of his readers.
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Emerson wrote many genres of writing including poetry and sermons, but his best writing is found in his essays. Even though he is noted for his essays, he was also a strong force in p .....
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