Henry Ford Henry Ford was one of America’s greatest businesspersons‚ the founder of Ford Motor Company and the man largely responsible for mass production in the American economy. This achievement led Ford to becoming a rich and famous man. Ever since Ford was a child‚ he had a dream to become an engineer and to manufacture cars. He began to pursue his dream when he introduced the Assembly line‚ by breaking down production into simple tasks. He lowered the skill level needed to work in a factory
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Abraham Lincoln In March‚ 1832 Lincoln began his political career with his first campaign for the Illinois General Assembly. He had attained local popularity and could draw crowds as a natural raconteur in New Salem‚ though he lacked an education‚ powerful friends‚ and money‚ which may be why he lost. Lincoln served as New Salem’s postmaster and later as county surveyor‚ all the while reading voraciously. He then decided to become a lawyer and began teaching himself law by reading Blackstone’s
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Wassily Kandinsky became a painter rather late in life. It is only after finishing his studies at the University of Moscow‚ in his early thirties and completely mature that he decides to fully commit to art. This important decision would change his life. However‚ neither himself nor his social and artistic circle‚ could then assume he would encounter a decisive step fifteen years later. The transition to the non-figurative art where he would create his famous Improvisations and Compositions that
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LINCOLN‚IL-Edgar allen poe is still famous to this day. He is known as the american treasure; he is a guenes who draws us to his work on horror stories and poems. One reason poe is still famous today is because his writing is very creative and scary. He pulls every bad memory and turns it into a story. He pulls everyone in with the misery of his stories. Poe uses depression in his stories. One story poe wrote was “the Tell-Tale Heart.” In it he used lots of random capitalization such as‚ “Evil
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There is an old Latin saying that reads‚ "Dimidum facti qui coepit habet sapere aude" (He who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise.). For proof of this‚ you need look no further than to our thirty-ninth president James Earl Carter Jr.‚ more fondly known as Jimmy Carter. During his presidency‚ Pres. Carter showed himself prudent and often made the wise decision over the popular vote. Jimmy Carter aspired to make government competent and compassionate and his achievements were notable
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The contemporary literary period is from 1945 to present. There are many amazing athors in this period. Stephen King is an outstanding horror writer he started writing professionally in 1974 and has released new books as late as 2008. Stephen King an American author has truly made a significant impact on today’s readers. King can turn marital stress‚ peer pressure‚ or adultery into a terrifying epic that would make your skin crawl. Stephen king was born September 21‚ 1947. Stephen’s birth was
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Johannes Kepler was born December 27‚ 1571. He was a German mathematician‚ astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and a key figure in the seventeenth century. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion. He believed that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that through the natural light of reason. Kepler’s first major astronomical work‚ Mysterium Cosmographicum‚ was the first published defense of the Copernican system. On July nineteenth 1595 he had an epiphany. He realized
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Ovid‚ the name itself sparks a few thoughts: poetry‚ Latin‚ literature. Indeed‚ he was perhaps the most important and central figure of Latin literature and poems. Behind such status though‚ is a man. A man who lived a life beyond just his writings‚ who worked hard to establish career‚ a man with personal conflicts with his family and society. So‚ why are his works still legendary and an important portion of literary curriculums today? It is because his writing tells stories‚ it sets the reader
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“The way records were sold was completely ridiculous. The covers were brown‚ tan or green paper; they were not in the least bit attractive‚ and lacked any form of sales appeal” – these are the words of Alex Steinweiss‚ the creator of album artwork‚ way back in 1939. Before Steinweiss’ revolutionary creation‚ there was quite simply no such thing as an album cover; vinyl recordings were available to buy in the back of appliance stores‚ where one would enquire for the particular title of a recording
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Believe it or not‚ Alfred Hitchcock’s work was inspired by his rough childhood and cruel parents (Biography.com Editors‚ 2016). Although his struggles in early life gave him fear‚ it elevated his level of expertise in the film industry. Alfred Hitchcock created suspenseful works by demonstrating creating and imagining to innovate his perspective on his childhood‚ furthermore illuminating the film industry. The Master of Suspense‚ or in other words‚ Alfred Hitchcock‚ created movies that would later
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