... in aiding the poor. At the age of eighteen, she left home to join a community of Irish nuns with a mission in Calcutta. This is where she took the name of Sister Teresa, after Saint Teresa of Lisieux, who also found her vocation while still a child. As a nun, began teaching at St. Mary's high school in Calcutta. After a few years of teaching she became principal of the school. had a special place in her heart for children, and she showed it her actions. In 1982, during a the siege of Bierut, she convinced the Israeli army and Palestinian guerillas to stop shooting long enough for her to rescue thirty-seven children trapped in a front line hospital. Child ...

... and Fere at the Salpetriere, a famous Parisian hospital, where he absorbed the theories of his teachers in regards to hypnosis, hysteria and abnormal psychology. During the following seven years, he continuously demonstrated his loyalty in defending Charcot's doctrines on hypnotic transfer and polarization until he was forced to accept the counterattacks of Delboeuf and the Nancy School, which eventually caused a split between student and teacher. Having been married in 1884 to Laure Balbiani, whose father was E.G. Balbiani, an embryologist at the College de France, Binet was given the opportunity to work in his lab where his interest in 'comparative psychology' wa ...

... had during the night. The conspirators were a lot of Caesars' friends and fellow colleagues that had turned against him. Like Caesar, Mussolini was accused of being too ambitous. In March 1919, Mussolini and other young veterans of World War I founded the Fasci di Combattimento, which was a nationalistic, anti-liberal, and anti-socialist that attractedlower middle class support. The Fasci took its namae from an ancient symbol of Roman discipline. Fascism spread into the countryside, and the Black-Shirt militia won support from landownersand attacked peasant leagues and socialist groups. Fascism shed its republicanism and won sympathy from the army and the king, ...

... was given two options: imprisonment or exile. He chose exile and from 1726 to 1729 lived in England. While in England was attracted to the philosophy of John Locke and ideas of the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton. After his return to Paris he wrote a book praising English customs and institutions. The book was thought to criticize the French government and was forced to flee Paris again. In 1759 purchased an estate called "Ferney" near the French-Swiss border where he lived until just before of his death. Ferney soon became the intellectual capitol of Europe. Throughout his years in exile produced a constant flow of books, plays, pamphlets, and letters. He was ...

... army into three corps, commanded by three lieutenant generals: James Longstreet, Richard Stoddert Ewell, and Ambrose Powell Hill (Johnson 91). Lee then formulated a plan for invading Pennsylvania, hoping to avert another federal offensive in Virginia and planning to fight if he could get the federal army into a vulnerable position; he also hoped that the invasion might increase Northern war-weariness and lead the North to recognize the independence of the Confederate States of America (Johnson 85). In pursuit of this plan, Lee crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains, proceeded up the Shenandoah Valley, and, crossing Maryland, entered Pennsylvania (Clark 86). Upon learn ...

... as a leading figure in American thought and literature, or at least ranks up there with the very best. But there is so much more to Ralph Waldo Emerson when we consider the personal hardships that he had to endure during the course of his life and when we see the type of man that he becomes. He certainly was a man of inspiration who knew how to express himself by writing the best of poems and philosophical ideas with inspiration. To get an idea of how Ralph Waldo Emerson might have become such an inspiration to the people, some background on his life is essential. Can you imagine living a life with all your loved ones passing away one by one? A persons life ...

... to as "the book that shook the world. The Origin sold out on the first day of publication and subsequently went through six editions. Charles Darwin also contributed to the Market economy with his belief "survival of the fittest." In a free enterprise system, it is believed that the best will survive while the less efficient will collapse if the market is allowed to work without government interference. In a market economy, since the government has very little control of the businesses, the companies must work their hardest and come out with good products that will outsell the ones of their competition. Social Darwinism basically means that the strong will ...

... baseball with kids older than he was. He began his career in 1914 as a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore's team of the International League. Later, in the same year he played for the Providence team and the International League. He then became a member of the Boston Red Sox in the American League. Babe pitched for Boston until the 1919 season, when his unusual ability as a batter and a fielder caused the Boston management to convert him into an outfielder. From 1920 to 1935 he played the outfield for the New York Yankees of the American League. In the1932 World Series Babe pointed his bat in the outfield and hit a home run. In 1935, he became vice ...

... in the process of enhancing and altering the Old World from where they had came from. The 19th century, was a period whereby soceity of the Europeans altered the Western culture of the Native Americans. The Europeans had brought many new changes to the "New World", such as pigs, horses. Columbus had opened the seeds of change. The European society as a whole, had thought that the Europeans were doing a favor, by changing their primitive ways, when in fact, some of the Native American customs were far more superior to what the Europeans had in their own. The obstinate Europeans, did not want to make concessions because they had an assumed air of superio ...

... who shows her the power of a voice, the knowledge of literature, and pride in her race, and turns a self-conscious girl, into one of the most profound writers of our time. Mrs. Flowers enlightened Maya on the importance, and dominant effect, of expression through an individual voice. Earlier in her life, Maya was sexually molested and raped, and as a result, became dormant towards society. This was such a traumatizing event in her life that struck her obviously, in a physical sense, but moreover, mentally. Where she was once a brilliant outgoing child, she became a quiet, somber adult. As a result of this, Mrs. Flowers stepped in and told Maya to, “…be ...