Papers on People and Biographies
Johann Sebastian Bach
Words: 250 - Pages: 1.... Bach got his first job as a court musician at Weimar. There
he became known as a great organist. In 1717, the Prince of Cothen invited Bach
to become Kappelmeister in Cothen. The Duke of Weimar refused to let Bach go to
Cothen, however, and confined him in a gaol for a time.
After Bach was released by the Duke of Weimar, Bach took up the Prince
of Cothen on his offer and stayed with him in Cothen for a period of six years.
It was there in Cothen that Bach became widely known for his skill as organist
and his ability to compose sacred and secular music. His stay in Cothen staged
his fame in his country for his music.
Bach's last job wa .....
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Desiderius Erasmus
Words: 573 - Pages: 3.... major problems in the clergy, saying that monks were beggars, the
clergy was greedy, and that the pope had no resemblance to the Apostles. He
also wrote a short satirical skit in which Pope Julius II had trouble
getting into heaven. In the skit, Pope Julius II is made out to be more of
a Muslim than a Catholic. Writing this had to take considerable courage,
for, though the Church was in decline, it still had considerable power. He
also published the Greek version of the New Testament in Latin, so
Europeans could read it.
Erasmus was a traveller. He lived in many places in Europe at different
times. He had lived in Rome, Paris, .....
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William Stafford’s Inspiration
Words: 603 - Pages: 3.... Sometimes there is a nibble right away and sometimes it takes a little longer. The second that you feel the nibble you must react in order to hook the fish. The writing process is just like this. The second an idea comes to mind you have to write it down but don’t stop there. You must keep on writing because that idea will lead to another idea and before you know it you will have a complete idea. Stafford explains it as being receptive. You must be receptive to the first idea in order to see the next one. If you are receptive to the flow of ideas then your thoughts will begin to make sense and you can develop an understanding .....
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Ann Hutchinson
Words: 624 - Pages: 3.... Like her father, he complained about the minister's clergy and the cleanliness of the Church and always talked about the religious opportunities in America.
When New England was formed, Cotton took his chance and traveled there in search of religious freedom. In 1634, took her family and followed him to Massachusetts. To her surprise, New England turned out to be more strict religiously than England. She was not welcome in New England because of her unorthodox views.
Ann was told not to speak publicly about her views. She only expressed them in her own
home where she sometimes invited women to share her ideas. The governor of Massachuse .....
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Words: 1027 - Pages: 4.... after his father’s death, his mother was forced to move her three children into her parent’s home and then into her brother’s home in Maine. Hawthorne’s childhood was not particularly abnormal, as many famous authors have claimed to have. Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College and graduated after four years. After graduation, he returned to Salem. Contrary to his family’s expectations, Hawthorne did not begin to read law or enter business, rather he moved into his mother’s house to turn himself into a writer. Hawthorne wrote his mother, “I do not want to be a doctor and live by men’s diseases, nor a minister to live by their .....
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Albert Einstein
Words: 774 - Pages: 3.... president of Israel when president
Chain Weizmann died in 1952.He decided not to except,saying that he wasn't right
for that position.Einstein was never concerned about money.Publishers from all
parts of the world offered him huge amounts of money for an autobiography.He
never accepted any of their offers.Einstein was married twice.He was seperated
from his first wife after he arrived in Berlin.During World War I he married his
first cousin,Elsa.She shared his life with him until she died in Princeton in
1936.He had two sons from his first marriage.He also had two stepdaughters from
his second marriage.In 1933 while Einstein was visiting En .....
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Gangs
Words: 1248 - Pages: 5.... on whose criteria is used to decide who is and is not a gangbanger. The figures could be considerably higher. This paper will elaborate on some of the facts surrounding Juvenile .
Over the past several years we have seen a increase in the number of juvenile
crimes and juveniles joining organized . These juveniles are not only joining at a younger age but are committing more violent crimes then there antecedent. What makes these young men and women decide to participate in the violent and often deadly crimes of ? Why would a youngster be so eager to submit himself or herself to the torture of initiation or risk there life by having sex w .....
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Dinner With Bill Gates
Words: 1339 - Pages: 5.... with an indoor volleyball
court, arcade and a pool. Giton and I were simply amazed. This guy had an
amusement park in his living room. There were some young boys on the volleyball
court, playing a game. I couldn't help but notice a middle-ages guy, dressed in
a pair of worn jeans and a sports coat, watching the game with furious intensity.
I turned to the servant, our guide, I suppose, and asked him who this man
was. "Oh that's Master Gates, the proprietor of this house. You'll be dining
with him shortly."
The servant led us through this room, past the pool and into a narrow
corridor. This hallway was adorned with pictures of .....
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Napoleon
Words: 378 - Pages: 2.... for Corsican independence, and as a result of actually obtaining it, he then fulfilled a well-to-do job, which leaded into the aristocracy. received an excellent education, and even at a young age excelling in military training and math, a necessary trait for victorious fighting. When he was just a teen, joined the French army and was soon after promoted to Captain. Within a year of being Captain he conquered Toulon, which was responsible for him being honored as brigadier general at only 24. This man knew from the beginning that he was made for nothing but to honor and serve his fellow citizens.
In 1804 this great legend crow .....
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Thomas Jefferson: A Product Of His Times Or A Hypocrite?
Words: 676 - Pages: 3.... Jefferson had many views on both the Native Americans and Afro-Americans.
Jefferson did not fear the Native Americans in the way he feared black slaves. Jefferson believed that the Native Americans had higher order of intelligence and imagination than he found in Afro-Americans. The Native Americans seemed to Jefferson to be happier than the oppressed and degraded peasantry of Europe.
Jefferson compared the studies of Native American languages and came to a conclusion that there were twenty basic languages and that the Native Americans had lived in the New World for a far longer period than anyone had thought.
The native Amer .....
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