Samuel Johnson once declared‚ “Great works are performed not by strength‚ but by perseverance.” Oddly if one were to come across the definition of perseverance they would unfortunately see a chaotic cluster of enormous synonyms that lack very little purpose for a compelling indication. Despite the realization that the definition prevails‚ Samuel Johnson’s statement exhibits my existential behavior during my college career. For it only helped me understand that by maintaining my feelings of assiduity
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Charles Dickens and Samuel Clemens (1812-1870) (1835-1910) Charles Dickens and Samuel Clemens lived in different parts of the world‚ England and America. Charles Dickens was twenty-three years old when Samuel Clemens was born. Charles Dickens was a boy who loved learning‚ while Samuel Clemens could hardly wait for school to end. Despite the fact that both authors reference Christianity and its customs‚ historians believe that Charles Dickens was a Christian whereas Samuel Clemens was not.
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Diane Thiel’s poem "The Minefield" is about a man who’s mind has been ravaged by memories of a war in his childhood. She shows that even though the war had been over for years‚ the memory of it haunted the man in everything that he did. Through a powerful combination of symbols‚ dark images‚ and a split chronology‚ she creates a full picture of a life changed forever by war. In the first stanza‚ the tone is lighter‚ describing a scene where two boys are running through towns. The boys race‚
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The Founding of New France Samuel de Champlain was a soldier and navigator‚ and was extremely interested in the “Americas” In 1604 he was an assistant to the Sieur de Monts. De Monts was a French noble appointed by the king of France to set up trading posts in Canada. Champlain was given control of the Fur trade in exchange for establishing a French colony. Champlain‚ De Monts and approximately 60 settlers set up their first trading post called “port Royal” in 1605. Unfortunately Port Royal was
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On March 14‚ 1923 Diane Arbus was brought into the world and would ultimately become a photographer that would change the way the public viewed portraits.1 Her talent for capturing raw images of the everyday life of New Yorkers would change the view of photographing within the 20th century. Her photography changed the course of modern photography forever. Before Diane Arbus was a well-known photographer‚ she was identified as being the wife of Allan Arbus‚ an actor‚ who helped encourage her to do
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The book The Zookeepers Wife‚ written by Diane Ackerman‚ tells the true war story of Jan and Antonia Zabinski. The Zookeepers Wife tells the journey of the Zabinski’s throughout the duration of World War II. During this time‚ Jan and Antonia are hiding war refugees in their zoo while also fighting for their own lives in the hopes of not getting caught. However‚ before the Germans invaded Poland and destroyed a large majority of their town the Zabinskis were successfully running their zoo in peace
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My name is Shannon Diane Flaherty…now Holland. I was born some twenty odd years ago on November 24‚ along with my twin brother Mike‚ in Hyde Park‚ Massachusetts. He’s 2 ½ minutes older than me‚ and always makes it a point to tell me. I lived in a two family house with my family‚ and my neighbors were my aunt‚ uncle‚ and cousins‚ so I always had someone to hang out with Anyways‚ I have a mom‚ dad‚ four older brothers‚ named Danny‚ Rian‚ Darragh‚ and obviously‚ Mike. I also have one younger sister
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Two artists who were instrumental in my growth were William Kentridge and Diane Victor. I took from each of these artists only an aspect of their dexterity. Kentridge’s animated film “Pain and Sympathy” particularly interested me. The use of monochrome line was essential to the success of this piece‚ generating the the visual impact I yearned to create. Whilst visually‚ Diane Victors work‚ (Smoke Portraits) besides being facial portraits‚ differs from my own. Although the level of emotion behind
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The Past Is Myself My Great Uncle Squadron Commander Christoper Draper‚ DSC Croix de guerre‚ was an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges earned him the nickname "the Mad Major." After the war he became a film star through his work both as a stunt pilot and as an actor. During the 1930s he worked for a time as a British secret agent‚ serving as a double agent to Nazi Germany. He returned to the Navy in World War II. During his flying career he logged over 17
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Ely Samuel Parker was born in 1828 and died on August 31‚ 1895. Born in Hasanoanda‚ later known as Donehogawa. Eventually Ely became a Seneca attorney‚ an engineer‚ and a tribal diplomat. Ely got commissioned as a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War‚ when he served as an auxiliary to General Ulysses S. Grant. Ely wrote the terminal preliminary form of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career‚ Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. He was one
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