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    world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation‚ makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Throughout the world‚ their flagship Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® product brands are recognized for innovation and excellence. Every company builds its legacy. And at Rockwell Automation‚ the legacy is marked by technology leadership – and an unrelenting focus on innovation. In 1903‚ Lynde Bradley and Dr. Stanton Allen form the Compression Rheostat Company with an initial

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    “Continuing the Legacy of Booker T. Washington: Beyond the 21st Century” Booker T. Washington was an influential educator and African-American public figure throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries among both Blacks and Whites. Booker T. Washington is known for more than founding and becoming the first president of the Black college‚ Tuskegee University‚ in 1801. Booker T. Washington single-handedly contrived a generation of African-Americans who were effectuate‚ capable‚ and intelligent

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    “national sentiment” in order to preserve our flourishing culture from invading nations. We need to protect the legacies that our forefathers fought hard to attain. But‚ in order to protect it‚ we must first learn what they had given us. We must refresh minds to our history‚ as we tend to forget who we really are. 3. Content The First Philippine Republic had left us with 8 legacies: a. Freedom/Liberty b. Independence c. Unity d. National Symbols e. 1st Republic in Asia f. Inspiration

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    emperor of Ancient Rome‚ and known to be one of the most just rulers of the empire. Historians study his political and war tactics to great lengths and extents because of just how successful he was during his reign‚ and the great legacy that he left behind. However‚ his legacy extends much further beyond his policies and the lands he conquered. Hadrian created some of the most notable and paramount pieces of architecture for not only ancient Rome‚ but for the rest of the world far beyond the 2nd century

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    Legacy. A powerful word. Our culture sees the word legacy as the amount of money or belongings one is leaving behind as they pass from this world. How saddening is that concept. Our world is so heavily focused on the worldly items. Legacy should not be seen as material things. This article beautifully focuses on a legacy that is truly the most valuable item. The true legacy is the quality of life you have left behind. The interactions we had with the people around us is how we will truly be remembered

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    The Legacy of Slavery and Welfare The justifications that white Americans made for this racial distinction was that the African race was inferior to the white race based on their rationalizations on the skin color‚ intelligence‚ and sexuality of the African people. The main focus of attack was the sexuality of the African woman. Incidentally‚ the ‘Jezebel’ woman directly caused the development of another stereotype upon the African American woman‚ "Mammy’ who was the African American female

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    Lives and Legacies “The greatest revolution in our generation is the discovery that human beings‚ by changing the inner attitudes of their minds‚ can change the outer aspects of their lives.” -William James. We see this is true in the two stories we experience‚ portraying lives of American slaves living in the 1800s. In the first novel‚ Up From Slavery‚ we heard how Booker T. Washington lived his short years as a slave‚ how the emancipation changed his future‚ and how he became a highly renowned

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    what were his first tasks once he did get into power‚ and what was his legacy? Napoleon Bonaparte was a very influential man with a very interesting history. One very interesting thing is that napoleon was very young for one who gained power as quickly as he did‚ but in turbulent times such as the French Revolution it was easy for a man with great ambition to rise through the ranks. Since 1792 France had been at war with itself and many other European countries‚ and by 1796‚ just four years later

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    probably the most important of them all. Excellence isn’t an act it’s just a habit something you just do without thinking about the thing you’re excellent at. In the Leaving a Legacy unit‚ many social and historical movements‚ as well as people and legacies‚ have been explored. Some of these people are still going on or have left a legacy worth learning about‚ one of which is Aristotle. Aristotle is a Greek philosopher who is the icon of western philosophy who started out as a student of Plato to one of

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    The Legacy Problem Are legacy admissions a real problem for students competing for admission to the same college or is this “problem” just a distortion of the facts? There are those people who feel that students should be admitted to the college of their choice based solely on merit and having a family member as an alumnus of that particular college should have no bearing on the decision to allow the student to be admitted to that college. On the other hand‚ there are those who feel that

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