------------------------------------------------- Surendranath Banerjee From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Surendranath Banerjee | Surendranath Banerjee | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir Surendranath Banerjee pronunciation (help·info) (Bengali: সুরেন্দ্রনাথ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) (10 November 1848 – 6 August 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during theBritish Raj. He founded the Indian National Association‚ one of the earliest Indian political organizations
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never afraid whatever the consequences he may suffer because of his writings that are against the friars and also to Spaniards. His goal was to free the Philippines from the unjust government of Spanish colony. Dr. Rizal was a patriot‚ hero‚ and a martyr. He consecrated his God-given talent‚ and even sacrificed his own life‚ for the redemption and welfare of his people. Verily‚ a man of his heroism and versatility appears but once in the history of any
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Hence it is bef itting f or us to celebrate such National f estivals and recall those heroic deeds of our National heroes. We remember them today. Right f rom Mahatma Gandhi to the local patriotic leaders we owe our gratitude. When we regard those martyrs who laid their precious lives f or our sake‚ we must not ignore the common people who sacrif iced their...
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St. Ignatius of Antioch‚ during the persecutions of Christians‚ was arrested near the coast of the Mediterranean. Under the guard of the Romans‚ he was being taken to the capital in Rome‚ where he would later become a martyr. On his way to Rome‚ he urged other Christians to stay out of the way and not to intervene with the Roman guards. St. Ignatius of Antioch did not want to be saved by his fellow Christians‚ but by God. He was looking forward to his death so that he can final reach Christ. He wanted
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“We are not martyrs or heroes‚ nor do we wish to be. We do not want to die. We are young‚ too young‚ for death. We long to see our two young sons‚ Michael and Robert‚ grown to full manhood...We desire some day to be restored to a society where we can contribute our energies toward building a world where all shall have peace‚ bread and roses. Yes‚ we wish to live‚ but in the simple dignity that clothes only those who have been honest with themselves and their fellow men.”-Ethel Rosenberg.
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Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan was first produced in New York City in 1923 and in London in 1924. Shaw published it with a long Preface in 1924. When word came out that Shaw‚ who was known as an irreverent jokester‚ was writing about a Christian saint and martyr‚ there were fears that he would not be able to produce something appropriate‚ but the early reception of the play was generally favorable‚ although some commentators criticized him for historical inaccuracy and for being too talky or comic. Over the
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Hutchinson’s crime of being a woman and preaching what she believed to be right‚ she was banished from the colony and sent to Rhode Island‚ where she was later killed in a battle with Native Americans. In many ways‚ Anne Hutchinson was one of the first martyrs for women’s rights in
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uses descriptive language to create a realistic scene. Many religious references are including throughout the chapter in describing the event of the flying fish. ‘I felt I was living the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.’ Saint Sebastian was a Christian Martyr who survived by being executed by arrows and was therefore beaten to death. Likewise Pi is both pierced and battered by the flying fish. When catching the Dorado‚ Pi thanks Vishnu‚ who saved man in form of a fish in Hindu tradition. Pi is reminded
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Gilgamesh and Roland ’s Heroism Mesopotamia was about 300 miles long and 150 miles wide. It was located between two rivers‚ the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The word Mesopotamia itself means "The land between two rivers". With this‚ Mesopotamia depended on the cultivation of the land for survival. As Mesopotamia began to develop there were city-states that were established. These city-states were surrounded by a mud brick wall and farmland. Sumerians would take great pride in their city-state
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