Edith Wharton was born in New York City‚ New York on January 24‚ 1862 into a wealthy family and “spent much of her childhood in Europe‚ mainly France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ developing both her gift for languages and a deep appreciation for beauty – in art‚ architecture and literature” (The Mount). Her parents‚ relatives of Dutch and English pioneers‚ were socially observable with wealth from property‚ transporting‚ and investing (Cliff Notes). Their lives were loaded with maids‚ carriages‚ and social behavior
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three times during the war‚ yet‚ in May 1945‚ when victory was declared in Europe‚ he had still not reached his 21st birthday." Murphy wasn’t even 21 when the war ended‚ meaning he was injured three times and was able to still be the most decorated soldier‚ all while being one of the youngest soldiers. Audie Murphy overcame all of his injuries‚ despite having no war experience and kept fighting for his country which displays excellent
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My Major Accomplishment The thing that comes to mind that I would say makes me the proudest is working so hard all those years in high school to get good grades just so I could get into the best college in Florida. The day I got accepted into University of Florida was the day I felt proudest of all my accomplishments in high school. I would not say it was easy though‚ I managed to maintain my high GPA while holding a job‚ participating in sports‚ and even doing a lot of chores most kids would
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accomplished so much to make the nation a better Union. His leadership‚ determination and perseverance is what made him one of the best presidents in United States history. He was also well remembered for his famous Quotes‚ speeches‚ letters and great accomplishments in difficult times. He was known for the laws signed under his time as president. He was known for the American Civil War which lead to the freedom of slavery. His Historic impact to the nation all came to an end as he was assassinated in his
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Organization & Development With great faith saint Leo went thought out of the picture and led the church through tough times. While he governed the Roman Church for twenty-one years saint Leo kept the church safe during his time. He also led them to peace and security. One of his best accomplishments was that he stopped the spread of heresy in his time. Another thing he did was that he presented a clear doctrine of Christ’s incarnation and successfully promoted Catholic traditions. Leo is widely known
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St Augustine has made himself known for three reasons. His teenage‚ Catholic life and his accomplishments are the three reasons. First is his teenage life. Augustine was born on November 13‚ 354 in tagaste‚ numida‚ Africa. His parents were Patricus and Monica. In his teen years‚ Augustine went to Carthage‚ but wasn’t focused at school. He went to parties that darkened his pride and mind. Then took mistress when he was eighteen and in 383 he went to Rome and made a school. By hearing St Ambrose preach
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Tom Brady has achieved many great accomplishments over the past decade. Being one of the most famous quarterbacks‚ he is a three time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots. However none of this came easy for him throughout the beginning of his life. Brady was born on August 3‚ 1977 to the parents of Tom Brady Sr. and Galynn Patricia Brady in San Mateo‚ California. Growing up he struggled with being the only boy and having three older sisters due to the fact that they got all the attention
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Lance Armstrong has lived a very interesting life. Armstrong has had a lot of accomplishments throughout his lifetime. He has also had some rough times‚ but he made it through all of them. He is still living and is enjoying life. Armstrong had a memorable childhood. He was born on September 18‚ 1971 in Plano‚ Texas. He was named after a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Lance Rentzel. His mother is Linda Armstrong Kelly and his biological father is Eddie Gunderson. Eddie left Linda and Lance when
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My qualities are that I like to draw. one of my accomplishment is that I have gotten all my credits to graduate and have passed all my class. One of the accomplishment that i am proud of is my G.P.A and my grades from last semester. I am proud of my last semester grades because I know that I worked so hard to get those grades. My ninth grade year wasn’t one of my greatest year because I was going through a lot of things at that time. The one thing that I was going through and was the most painful
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Pasteur had many career accomplishments such as creating a vaccine for anthrax and rabies. He also created stereochemistry and pasteurization‚ which is why we have sanitary milk. Lastly‚ he created the Germ Theory of Fermentation. Pasteur married Marie Pasture on may 29‚ 1849. Together
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