John Adams remains the most misconstrued and unappreciated "great man" in American History (Ellis). The second president of the United States of America‚ he truly was a great man. Adams served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles during the Revolution‚ and helped negotiate the Treaty of Peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the court of St. James‚ returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington both of Washington ’s two terms. For a man of his intellect‚ vanity and vigor
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The Legacy of John Adams In the early history of the United States‚ many founding fathers and people before them helped shape the underpinning for our nation’s liberty. Of the founding fathers and persons who were essential in the naissance of the great nation known today as the United States of America‚ John Adams is undoubtedly one of the most vital of them all. John Adams by David McCullough did not only do Adams’ life story justice‚ it also painted the man and his works so vividly in every
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He was one of the greatest well-known people on the Mountain Olympus. He was the god of Hope. He assisted people going through hard times like depression to perceive better. Everyone knew him and he was always pleased to assist people with anything they were going through. Life was a matter of fact very difficult for him. He was raised in a very poverty-stricken family. But he was very brilliant and using his intelligence‚ he took care of him and his family and that was one of the reasons why most
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After doing some research about the history of architecture in Portland‚ I found out that the city owes a significant part of its architecture to Pietro Belluschi‚ an Italian born architect that is also considered to be a key figure in “Modern Architecture”. Pietro Belluschi’s works are all over the Portland; the famous Commonwealth Building‚ Portland Art Museum‚ Zion Lutheran Church and many other building projects are all part of his legacy. Knowing that Belluschi was a leader in modern architecture
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Brute force and pure strength do not win battles. Archimedes‚ a Greek genius proved that to be true by winning many battles despite not being the best strategist or having the best army; building and inventing war machines led him to his victory. Archimedes’ inventions have completely altered the way warfare was fought. Firstly‚ to defend the Romans off when Syracuse was fighting the Second Punic war‚ Archimedes invented war machines that were effective and required significantly lesser amount of
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It has been over 200 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven‚ but his music is alive and excites millions of people‚ almost as if it was created by our contemporary. Anyone who is even slightly acquainted with Beethoven`s biography and musical legacy‚ cannot help but fall in love with pieces of music of this composer. Between high ideals praise in his musical works and his life‚ there was no single abruption. Beethoven’s life is an example of courage and persistent struggle against life’s obstacles
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Hanoi University Faculty of International Studies ___________ ADAM SMITH – The father of modern economics Course: World history Instructors : Loic Diels Teaching assistance: Ta Thi Huong Ly Group 19: Nguyen Cam Anh
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Jane Addams played a significant role is shaping the Human Service profession. Jane Addams work in developing the settlement house movement has had lasting effects in our field even today. She was successful in changing the overall attitude toward welfare. Before the late 1800’s‚ there was still an attitude of the “worthy” poor vs. the “unworthy” poor. This negative attitude would cast continuous judgment on all people receiving assistance. Upper-class community members would accuse people who were
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Dear Kahled Hosseni‚ Hello Mr.Hosseni. In my English class‚ we just got finished with your novel The Kite Runner.Your book‚ has been the best school book I have ever read in English class. I was very surprised of all the information that I learned about the political struggle in Afghanistan‚ and especially surprised that this was a story of your childhood in Kabul from then on.From your childhood‚ Kabul seemed to be a very wonderful place. I was fascinated by the fact that instead of supermarkets
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are very famous in the worldwide. Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam is one of the most popular masterpieces. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. He was born in 1475 and died in 1564. He was the painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and sculptor. Michelangelo has been done a lot of the art works‚ but if I need to choose only one of them‚ then I’ll choose the Creation of Adam. The Creation of Adam is using a fresco as the technique. Fresco is the method of
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