.... he was 19 Hemingway enlisted in the army. He was rejected due to a defective left eye. He then turned to the Red Cross in which he became a second lieutenant. The Red Cross brought him to the front lines of the war in Italy. It was here where he saw many disturbing sights which probably had a hand in shaping his character. After extensive injuries from the war, Hemingway returned unhappily to Oak Park. The impression left on him by his participation in the war had greatly changed him. He began living at home again but refused to get a job, even when his mother ordered him to. Soon she kicked him out and he moved to Chicago. .....

.... helped out around the family farm in summer and in winter attended a one-room school. From the young age he was fascinating my moving mechanical things. Form the young age he was fascinated by watches and clocks. He went around the countryside doing repair work without pay, for him all mattered was to play with the machinery of the watch. From his personal experience on the farm he was fascinated my farm machines that reduced the drudgery of farm chores. We can notice there was a lot of a kid in him, and to go around or making his chores easier he invented his own farm machines. His fascination with machines grew as he grew older. At the ag .....

.... to wield that power, his tragic flaw, an unbearable arrogance, brought him to a tragic end. It was Caesar’s overwhelming ambition and arrogant personality that resulted from his success, that made his assassination inevitable. Caesar was a fortunate man; he had lived in a great city, seen much of the western world, loved a foreign queen and accumulated enormous wealth. In a world where most rarely left their villages and were always under the shadow of debt, famine, and conquest, Gaius Julius Caesar was privileged. Throughout Caesar’s life, he effectively displayed great political and military skill and an undeniable ability t .....

.... was made Alexander took the horse and pointed him in the direction of the sun. He had noticed that the horse was afraid of his own shadow. He then mounted the horse and began to ride, to the amazement of all who watched. When he got off the horse Philip kissed his son. Plutarch also tells of Alexander entertaining Persian ambassadors while his father was not present. When Alexander was 16 Philip left him in charge of Macedon when Philip went to fight the Byzantines. When Alexander was 20 his father was murdered at the theatre. Some say that Alexander had a part in the plot to assasinate his father but almost all agree that his mot .....

.... on areas such as administration, had other remarkable, although minor, achievements in France. He improved the appearance of French cities such as Paris by building bridges and canals and by planting trees at the sides of roads to protect them from the sun. This aided the beauty of Paris as it is today. also reformed the tax system, which meant that no one was tax exempt. One particular achievement, which may rank on the same level of importance as the ic code, but appears to be often overlooked in textbooks, is ’s founding of a national education system from primary to university. The focus of his attention was secondary sch .....

.... Neefe. In 1787 he studied briefly with Mozart, and five years later he left Bonn permanently and went to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn and later with Antonio Salieri. 's first public appearance in Vienna was on March 29, 1795, as a soloist in one of his piano concerti. Even before he left Bonn, he had developed a reputation for fine improvisatory performances. In Vienna young soon had a long list of aristocratic patrons who loved music and were eager to help him. Onset of Deafness In the late 1700s began to suffer from early symptoms of deafness. The cause of his disability is still uncertain. By 1802 was convinced that the conditio .....

.... discrimination affected it. Not only is discrimination the theme of Douglass’ novel, it is also the cause of his horrible condition. In his autobiography he claims he “was made to drink the bitterest dregs of slavery” (73). Throughout the novel Douglass never encounters a slave who is not black. “Why am I a slave,” Douglass asks (Douglass 73). This is surely a question asked by every victim of prejudice. Another piece that illustrates discrimination is Joseph Brant’s, “Indian Civilization Vs. White Civilization.” Joseph Brant was born in 1742 and died in 1807 (Barnett et al. 938). Br .....

.... and Mathematics, and only succeeded in Gym and Drawing. He drooped out of school at the age of 16, spending a total of 10 years in school,�(Arthur M. Schlesinger 1985, 14) Even though he didn’t have a normal amount of education, he still became the leader of Germany. Adolf Hitler, nevertheless, was a great orator and when he spoke, everybody listened. He sometimes spoke several times a day, moving from town to town seemingly tireless. Ken McVay had this to say about this subject, “He was a tireless speaker and before he came to power would sometimes give as many as three or four speeches on the same day, often in different cite .....

.... men when she was a teenager and she liked to be talked about, even if the talk didn't compliment her. Her sisters were jealous of her most of the time. Even their parents lavished affection on her. To put it plainly, Elizabeth was spoiled. She always went her own way and damned anyone who tried to stop her. After winning an ice skating contest with an incredibly revealing costume, a man named Harvey Doe began courting her. Soon after, they decided to be married. There were disapproving glances at the wedding from both mothers. The wedding was on June 27, 1877. After honeymooning in Denver, Colorado for two weeks, they went down to Ce .....

.... mother died. Robert was at her bed when she died. Then on June 30, 1831 Lee married Mary Curtis. On September 16, 1832, Mary gave birth to George Washington Curtis Lee. Then in 1835 they had their second child, Mary Curtis. Mrs. Lee was put on bed-rest for many months due to illness. They had five more children: William Henry Fitzgerald, Annie, Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended episcopal Church where he was raised. On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor. When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth about $38,750 with few depts. He only had few .....