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If he couldnt get a city government to cooperate, Martin decided to go higher up. Martin and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference planned another march to Washington, D.C., for the spring of 1968. The purpose was to get Congress to pass laws
VERROCCHIOS STUDIO WAS TYPICAL OF ITS DAY. APPRENTICES WERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LADDER. ABOVE THEM WERE WORKERS CALLED JOURNEYMEN. THEY HAD MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HELPED TEACH THE APPRENTICES. THEY WERE ABLE WORKERS BUT WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH
In 1499, when the French attacked, the duke lost his power. He fled Milan. Then, later on, he was captured. He died a prisoner in France. In December of that year, Leonardo left Milan, too. Salai went with him. So did another old friend. Leonardo did
Milan had a famous university. But it was not a center for famous artists like Florence was. But Ludovico Sforza was very interested in the arts. The duke liked to give big parties. He like to put on pageants. He also wanted someone to design new wea
Right after Howard Carters discovery of the tomb, scary stories started to be told. Stories about curses. Over the entrances of many ancient Egyptian tombs were warnings in hieroglyphs. People better stay away, the warnings said. Because anybody who
Most members of Congress signed the Declaration on August 2, 1776. Its author signed the paper Th Jefferson. After signing, he was ready to go home. He missed his family. Besides, he felt he was needed in Virginia. He quit his seat in Congress on Sep
When he married in 1772, Jefferson was in his third year in the House of Burgesses. Over the past few years, the thirteen colonies had grown restless under British rule. England had been trying to tax the colonists. The Americans refused to pay. Brit
So Helen began her college years. As hard as the Cambridge School had been, Radcliffe seemed impossible. There was never enough time. Annie spelled lectures into Helens hand. Annie read the textbooks to Helen. It seemed as though they were on a tread
In the early 1900s, few women went to college. And no deaf-blind woman had ever completed college. But Helen was determined to be the first. And she knew just where she wanted to go: Radcliffe. It was the sister school of Harvard University, just out
It was 1899. Eleanor sailed to England with one of her favorite aunts, Aunt Tissie. Eleanor said her aunt was always kindness itself to me. Her beautiful aunt loved adventure and life, and she wanted Eleanor to have a wonderful time in England. The A
Eleanors father called her Little Nell. Her nickname came from one of her fathers favorite books by Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop. Charles Dickens was a popular English author who lived in the 1800s and wrote many famous novels, such as A T
Amelia Mary Earhart was born in her grandmothers house in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. The house was high on a hill. It had eleven rooms. Maids and a cook worked there. Dinner was served on fine china. Amelias mothers parents had a lot of mone
Eleanor Roosevelt was a different kind of first lady. Before Eleanor, first ladies did not work. They did not speak in public and share their opinions. Eleanor chose not to sit back and just be a good hostess. She had ideas. She wanted to help people
It was March 3, 1887. Helen did not know that this was to be the most important day of her life. Helen was aware that everyone in the family seemed excited. She could feel the tension in the air. Her mother bustled about the house. Things were cleane
Even in her dark world, Helen had happy times. She loved to be outdoors. Shed feel her way carefully along the walls of the house. Helen loved to touch all the plants that grew around the house. She smelled the flowers. Soon she could tell plants apa
There were no days or nights in Helens world. She could not see the sun rising each morning or the moon with its silver glow at night. She could not hear birds sing or crickets chirp. She lived in silent darkness. Imagine if you could not hear, see,
David Hume 大卫休谟 Hume attended the University of Edinburgh at the unusually early age of twelve at a time when fourteen was normal. At first he considered a career in law, but came to have, in his words, an insurmountable aversion to everythin
Socrates 苏格拉底 Socratic irony 苏格拉底的伪装 Socrates is talking to Hippias of Elis, a travelling sophist who sets up as a professional wise man,taking money for lessons in private and public rhetoric, and managing public business him
Plato 柏拉图 One day, Plato asked his teacher, What is love? How can I find it? 柏拉图有一天问老师苏格拉底:什么是爱情?我如何找到它? His teacher answered, There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turn
Rene Descartes 勒内笛卡儿 Rene Descartes was a French philosopher and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the Father of Modem Philosophy,and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his