Cosimo de Medici grew up gaining the interest in artistic achievements and knowledge in his quest to become someone great. His father was Giovanni de Medici who started the family’s banking and trading empires. When his father passed on‚ Cosmo became the chief controller of the family’s finances. His central bank was the Medici bank that propelled him to be the wealthiest man during his times. Despite him being rich‚ Cosmo was concerned about the plight of the less fortunate people in the city
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The Lawyer as Counsel de oficio The movie‚ Gideon’s Trumpet (a true story from the US landmark case Gideon vs Wainwright‚1)‚ was the sad plight and triumph of Clarence Earl Gideon‚ charged in a Florida State Court with a non-capital felony‚ breaking and entering a pool room. He appeared without funds and without counsel and asked the Court to appoint counsel for him‚ but this was denied on the ground that the state law permitted appointment of counsel for indigent defendants in capital cases
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through futuristic ideas from a profoundly pessimistic view‚ which ultimately results in moral relativism and national apathy. In ‘Canto de Esperanza’‚ the speaker portrays the tragic side of life with existential concerns from an introspective perspective. The sense of despair and pain in living are emphasised by the use of enjambment and caesura‚ ‘…vierte la esencia de la vida/ sobre tanta alma loca‚ triste o empedernida’. The poetic form‚ characteristic style and somewhat fragmented content of the
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“The Terror” by Guy de Maupassant is a story about a man who is getting married because he’s afraid to be alone. First‚ the story begins with a man who talking about is upcoming nuptials to a woman he barely knows. The guy (nameless) has only met his future wife four times‚ and thinks she is what any man could want in a spouse; he talks about how she’s not really rich‚ but was raised for the sole purpose of marriage. He says the only reason he’s getting marriage is because he doesn’t want to be alone:
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Christopher English Foundations of Social Science Dr. Kelley 9/17/12 Marx versus De Tocqueville Intelligent‚ respected‚ revolutionary‚ and revered are just some of the superlatives used to describe the multitalented Karl Marx and Alexis De Tocqueville. These two European men both living during the time of the French Revolution‚ would go on to create works and research that would socially shake up the world. Both individuals held drastically different views about society as a whole‚ Democracy
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his unfair death is not our fault I still believe that he is owed that and deserves to be honored for his discovery. I think that all explorers should get some kind of appreciation and deserve to be honored for their discoveries especially Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Also to give you even more reason to include Balboa on your new series of stamps there was once stamps that had Vasco Nunez on them. The stamps were issued in 1513 which is the year that Balboa departed with about ninety of his troops and
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this article‚ de Las Casas makes another interesting comment about Christians’ another terrific action towards Indians. After taking the exiled king of India‚ Christians send him in a vessel to another place. But many Christians are drowned along with the king. The significant point is that there were very huge amount of gold in the shipwreck and the comment made by de Las Casas points out the real condition: "Such was God’s vengeance for so many terrible injustices." Bartolome de Las Casas gives
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Alan de Botton’s views on the vital role of humorists in conveying unpopular or difficult to say perspectives is mostly incorrect. While it is undeniable that humorists are allowed to say some things other people normally can’t‚ the role of humorists in society is not vital because of these messages‚ nor is this immunity all-powerful in protecting these humorists from backlash. The vital function of humorists in society is not to be some sort of activist (society has enough of those already)‚ but
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No Subject The story “No Subject by Carolina De Robertis” starts when a chemist receives an email from his daughter. He is surprised because has not seen her for years‚ and the subject in the e-mail reads . There is an attachment: a little paper clip hovers beside her name. He decides does not open that e-mail‚ so he prefers go away because he wants evade his daughter e-mail. Then‚ he goes and makes his scape because he does not want knows about his daughter‚ and he feels angry because she has appeared
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyons into an old family of provincial nobility. Saint-Exupéry spent his childhood years at the castle of Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens‚ surrounded by sisters‚ aunts‚ cousins‚ nurses‚ and fräuleins. He was educated at Jesuit schools in Montgré and Le Mans‚ and in Switzerland at a Catholic boarding school (1915-1917)‚ run by the Marianist Fathers in Fribourg. After failing his final examination at a university preparatory school‚ he entered
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