Alexander Graham Bell (March 3‚ 1847 – August 2‚ 1922) was an eminent scientist‚ inventor‚ engineer‚ teacher and innovator who is famous for invention of first practical telephone. Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. He had two brothers: Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell‚ but they died of the fatal disease called the white plague. His father was Professor Alexander Melville Bell‚ who had written several books on how to speak correctly as well as creating form of
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Throughout history Alexander the Great has been given the status of great but many people question whether this historical figure truly deserves title. The Macedonian king does deserve this status because he was merciful‚ tolerant‚ tactical‚ and wise in his ruling. First‚ he was merciful in his campaigns and conquering to people who deserved the respect. When Alexander and his men razed the town of Thebes leaving it and its people in ruins for their rebellion‚ he is said to have spared many civilians
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Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar Macedonian king‚ Alexander the Great and Roman general‚ Julius Caesar‚ transformed themselves into personalities which are known to the world till date. Every human being is unique and cannot be a carbon copy of another. But even though they lived in different times of history‚ they had plenty of similarities. It is an ultimate compliment for both of them to have comparable characteristics. Alexander and Caesar were congruent with respect to the results and
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every other founding father gets to grow old yet Alexander Hamilton doesn’t get enough credit for all the credit he gave our nation. Alexander Hamilton deserves the legacy he always longed for.Hamilton had a difficult childhood in the Caribbean‚ his father left when he was only ten. This left Hamilton and his mother in destitution.Two years later Hamilton and his mother fell ill and tragically his mother passed away leaving him an orphan. Alexander knew he had to educate himself and rise up or else
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Paschalis Kitsikopoulos _TO WHAT EXTENT DID ALEXANDER II SUCCEED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO MODERNIZE RUSSIA?_ In 1855‚ European countries had to deal with many difficulties. By that time‚ a major imbalance was existing in and between all countries. A detonation of economy and technology was disturbing even the biggest nations of Europe. All countries were intimidated by the greatest power of the time‚ Japan and India. Russia was an enormous country‚ however‚ it wasn’t very advanced as far as the technology
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Alexander the Great was an influence to the Hellenistic Era. Alexander was deferential towards the diversity of cultures and people soon started taking elements of Greek and Oriental and blending the two cultures. This became known as Hellenism. The Hellenistic era soon began seeing changes in art. The sculptures were becoming more naturalistic and began doing more dramatic poses‚ more movement within the art. One of the most treasured pieces of art made during this time was the Winged Victory of
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measures in opposition to each other. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."1 This view‚ expressed by John Adams‚ was not shared by all‚ namely Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. As the early American government began to form‚ so did the two major political parties. Alexander Hamilton was the founder of the Federalist Party‚ while Thomas Jefferson led the Anti-Federalists in response.2 Both men used their prominence in each party to their advantage to influence
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Democratic-Republican party‚ a major political party for the time‚ and served as the Secretary of State. In a similar fashion‚ Salmon Chase served as the Secretary of Treasury during Lincoln’s presidency. However‚ out of all the diplomats who helped shape America‚ Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential. Hamilton
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In the essay‚ “The Right to die‚ the author‚ Alexander DuPre‚ talks about euthanasia and how it should be allowed. I agree with Alexander. One should be allowed to determine if they want to live or die. Not only is it better for the person who wants to end their suffering but also for the ones that suffer because of the ones who are suffering. The ill‚ family and friends of the ill‚ and tax paying citizens. Being deathly ill is not easy. On the contrary‚ it is very difficult. It can be tiring‚ painful
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The Alexander Archipelago Rain Forest stories is a book of twelve tranche de vie meta-genre Chapters. I’ll confess that in writing these stories to being influenced by such writers as Nase Yamato‚ Oscar Wilde‚ Touko Kamai‚ Stefan Zweig and other in their use of the tranche de vie concept to cut across the grain of time. Because some readers may find my use of the slice of life narrative treatment unfamiliar‚ it’s my hope that their exposure to this genre will be enjoyable. So . . . what then constitutes
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