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…was in touch with every facet of the nation's life. Education and the universities--a better classical scholar and linguist than most academics--literature, music, dancing and entertainment all claimed her interest. Above all, as a worldly woman, she was a great…

…was 2 years old, he was near his fathers work area when he grabbed a burning coal because the light it emitted fascinated him. This burned his hands and face, making scars he would carry for the rest of his life. In 1904, he and his family immigrated…

…studied husbandry at Eldena Academy. His father's financial reverses, as well as his own innate dislike of the life of a Prussian civil servant, caused Bismarck to leave government service in 1839 and assume administration of the family estates, in Pomerania…

…than 150 poems, each one a reflection or reaction to what was happening in his life. Dawe has the amazing ability to show readers what he is thinking and feeling purely from his poetry. Dawe uses his life and past experiences, drawing on them to create…

…Life is a journey that begins when you are born. Through this journey, we see and hear many things that change the way we think about the people who influence us as well as the world around us. Jack Kerouac's On the Road, is a great example of the theme…

…mathematical and astronomical knowledge, past, present and future. Petrie wrote to him that "pi" must have been used in calculating the pyramid. Between 1880 and 1883, Petrie went to Egypt to confirm these results, since the book was heavily criticized. He traveled…

…Life is harsh and unfair and living through it may seem to be an endless torment. Even beloved people can sometimes create our deepest engraves. Therefore surviving through it requires dreaming beyond life and its sufferings. Some people daydream…

…and emotional responses as the author has experienced in their own life. Another major reason that authors tie to their own life is the fact that they can make a statement about their beliefs and perhaps bring about change. The change can sometimes be subtle…

…"Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him." - Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963 One may go through life living with his feet standing firm on the ground, but his eyes just as firmly shut…

…of a human life or merely equivalent to a contraceptive. While abortion is a very hot topic today, it is not a new topic of argument. Abortions have been performed since ancient times with the same cloud of controversy surrounding it that still exists in our…