his religious faith as well. His other eye‚ strained by incessant reading‚ bulged badly. At 19‚ extremely short‚ disfigured‚ and psychologically maimed‚ Hearn arrived in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ where he eventually became a reporter for the Inquirer. In 1874 he married a local African American girl‚ breaking the Ohio laws against miscegenation. The marriage lasted 3 years and cost Hearn his job. Sent by another periodical to New Orleans‚ he found there the colorful‚ exotic ambience that would energize
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill ‚ (30 November 1874 24 January 1965) was a Britishpolitician andstatesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He iswidely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders and served asPrime Minister twice (194045 and 195155). A noted statesman and orator‚ Churchill was also an officer in the British Army‚ ahistorian‚ a writer‚ and an artist. To date‚ he is the only British prime minister to have received the NobelPrize in Literature
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its history. The Constitutional Convention of 1875 drafted the Constitution of 1876 was drafted. The Constitution of 1876 is the constitution number six in which Texas has been governed since 1836 when the Mexican independence was accomplished. In 1874‚ a legislative committee stated an entire new constitution in order to change to the Constitution of 1869. The document proposed had not been arranged by a convention and there was the possibility that the acceptance of the document could provoke
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1 Synopsis Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. His education was largely received through numerous experiments in sound and the furthering of his father’s work on Visible Speech for the deaf. Bell worked with Thomas Watson on the design and patent of the first practical telephone. In all‚ Bell held 18 patents in his name alone and 12 that he shared with collaborators. He died in 1922. 2 Early Life Alexander Graham Bell was born Alexander Bell on March
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Edvard Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor‚ for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King)‚ and for his collection of pianominiatures Lyric Pieces. [1] ------------------------------------------------- Biography Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in Bergen‚ Norway on June 15‚ 1843. His parents were Hiemlik Grieg (1806–1875)‚ a merchant
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popularity as a recreational drug. The exchange of morphine addiction for that of alcohol was considered positive for the reason that alcohol was harder on the body‚ and more likely to trigger antisocial behavior. By the time heroin was discovered in 1874‚ morphine had already addicted hundreds of thousands of people. Soon heroin found its way to the level of morphine and codeine. Since the practice of selling patent medicines had no regulation until 1906‚ with the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ it was common
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He instituted radical reforms when he finally did arrive at Trent (which had been without a resident bishop for eighty years) in 1556‚despite great opposition‚ with such effectiveness that it became a model see. b.) St. Arnold Janssen In 1874‚ he began to publish The Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart‚ a popular monthly magazine which shared news of missionary activities and encouraged German Catholics to do more to support the missions. In 1875‚ he founded the Society of the Divine
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The Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains Breathitt County is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern coalfields region. This coalfield region was created on April 1‚ 1839 and was named in honor of Gov. John Breathitt. This is the eighty- ninth county that was created in Kentucky. It covers 494 square miles that borders Lee‚ Wolfe‚ Magoffin‚ Knott‚ Perry‚ and least but not last Owsley. The county seat of Breathitt is located at Jackson near the geographic center
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finishing my schooling at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen‚ Ireland‚ I moved back to my hometown Dublin. As soon as I was at my hometown‚ I was ready to start my writing career‚ to start with‚ I attended Trinity College to study the classics from 1871-1874. While I was still learning under Trinity College‚ I was already attracting public attention through the uniqueness of my writing and lifestyle. Due to my uniqueness‚ it I was awarded with many honors‚ including the Berkely Gold Medal for Greek.
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order‚ the majority of the Swiss cantons opted for a federal state (combining elements of both U.S constitution and French revolutionary tradition). This principles of constitution are still valid today. The Swiss modified their constitution in 1874 by establishing federal responsibilities for defense‚ trade‚ legal matters. Switzerland industrialized in 19th century and by 1850 it became the second most industrialized country after Great Britain. During the World War – 1‚ there was a serious
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