The President surprised the diplomatic arena with his early dismissal of one of the State Department's most experienced, Henry White, the Ambassador to France. The only suspected reason for this decision was that White was thought to have somehow slighted the President and his wife 25 years earlier on their honeymoon in Europe. Taft was oblivious to the serious damage which this decision caused his political reputation. [64] (The following year White accepted Taft's appointment to head a delegation to the Pan-American Conference in Buenos Aires.) The President made it a top priority to reorganize the State Department, saying, "It is organized on the basis of the needs of the government in 1800 instead of 1900.
If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other. Frankenstein -Victor and Walton mirror buddies-ambition WALTON p5 Writing from Russia to sister Mrs Saville 1817 motive for travel to North pole. 'I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle...' 'to satisfy my ardent curiosity'...'I shall confer unestimable benefit...on all humanity to the last generation...' p3 ( Inspired by reading his Uncle Thomas's volume of sea faring journeys even though he'd been forbidden by dying father for uncle
Another example was when Charlemagne was talking to his daughter bertha. The king said a day will come when every son and daughter will go to school. Another example, when Charlemagne decided to become the emperor of Rome, he did it because the pope asked and the people of Rome wanted him to be their king so he became emperor. Charlemagne was willing to make great sacrifices to bring Christianity to the pagan lands he ruled. Charlemagne did for the good of Christian Europe, and to do that good, he and his family would have to make personal sacrifices, such as when he put his two youngest sons in separate kingdoms from each other and from the rest of the family.
“Four Stages of Progress and Fear of Decay: The Intellectual Atmosphere of the Age of Enlightenment” The 17th and 18th centuries (1600s and 1700s) saw huge changes throughout the Western world. A “Scientific Revolution” occurred and science began to dominate most intellectuals’ thoughts. This started in the late 16th century and spread and grew throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Major changes that led to this revolution included the development of new methods of observation and data collection and advances in printing which made it easier for scientists to share their work. Empiricism became the buzzword as more and more people began to agree that things must be observed in order to be understood.
He then traveled to Spain, and presented the idea to King Charles. King Charles approved of the voyage, and the five ships set sail on September 20, 1519. By the end of the journey only eighteen of the original two hundred and forty-one survived. Including Ferdinand Magellan himself, the deaths were due to lack of food and water, battles, a storm, and the Portuguese recapturing them. Ferdinand Magellan was faced with a challenge.
1n 1476, when Columbus was about twenty-five years old, he moved in with his brother Bartolome. Bartolome was a brilliant cartographer and calligrapher and a book seller. It was said here was where Columbus developed his expertise in these fields and gained a great deal of knowledge from books and conversations. By now Columbus had set a goal for himself: To learn as much as he could about the Ocean Sea (Atlantic Ocean). His plans to reach India by sailing west were rejected by John II of Portugal, but finally supported by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.
The emblem of nature to Ethan Frome’s catastrophic fate A tragic romance written by Edith Wharton in 1910 at Paris France, and was published in 1911. Ethan Frome’s past plays a vital role in his future. That’s why the story flashes back during the youthful years of Ethan, where he was full of ambitions and desires. He wanted to move into a town, become an engineer and move away with the woman he truly loves. But unfortunately, due to the erroneous decisions he had and by letting other people like Zeena, Hales, Mattie, the society, the climate or poverty make decisions for him, he ended up in an ironic life and lives with the consequences for the rest of his life.
After Columbus had discovered the New World in 1492, many countries in Europe began sending expeditions to claim land there in their name. It was a race to see who could conquer the newly discovered land and find its many riches. France was not going to fall behind, and after a rough start in South and Central America, it found its greatest success in North America. The French started their exploration in the new world in the early 16th century after hearing the many stories of the Portuguese and Spanish’s success. The king of France, Francis the I, sent an Italian man named Giovanni de Verrazano to explore the regions of what is now Florida and New Foundland in search for a route to the Pacific Ocean as well as wealth.
Charles suffered throughout the five years of the voyage from terrible sea sickness. Fortunately he spent much of the time on land, exploring South America, collecting plants, animals and fossils, and studying the geology. The ship also visited the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Darwin Charles Darwin, born on the 12th of February 1809, was an English Naturalist who established that all species have descended from common ancestors and proposed a theory that this evolution was the result of Natural
In the fall of 1916, America met a young, ambitious Harvard graduate known as Edward Estlin Cummings. For forty-six years, this bold new poet, armed with his extremely unique style of writing and his firm moral beliefs, rejected conventional thinking of his era. Through his work he praised simplicity in life and reviled with deep cynicism the artificialities and ethical potholes of mankind. By the fall of 1962, his work completed, he left his mark on the world of poetry as e e cummings. Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Edward (Sr.) and Rebecca Cummings.