… and still ranks number one among today’s standards, he contributed so much to society. Early in his life he was taught to always contribute to charity and remained to do so throughout his life. John D. also grew up with a father who was known for…

… of all time. His numerous works in many areas had a decisive influence on the development of mathematics, an influence that is felt to this day. Euler was born in Switzerland, in the town of Basel, on April 15, 1707, in the family of a pastor. At…

… of Alexander Melville Bell, a Scottish educator who developed a system called "visible speech." Alexander was educated at the universities of Edinburgh and London. He moved to the United States in 1871, residing in the Boston area. Bell is best known…

… the first female Buffalo Soldier, a book was from the library; “Cathy Williams from Slave Girl to Female Buffalo Soldier by Phillip Thomas Tucker. Articles about Cathy were read and printed out from the internet. The book, “Cathy Williams from Slave…

… spent his early childhood in London and in Chatham. When he was 12 his father was imprisoned for debt, and Charles was compelled to work in a blacking warehouse. He never forgot this double humiliation. At 17 he was a court stenographer, and later…

… Columbia, where different cultural groups lived including, the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit, Nishga, Gitksan, Nishga, Nvxalk, Heiltsuk, Kwakiutl, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and the Coast Salish. Each group had their own unique lifestyles, and spiritual…

… all others, Alois Hitler and his wife Klara, which was his third, gave birth to Adolf Hitler. When Adolf was young, he was in a choir and he even actively went to church. Academically he was a good student, receiving good grades in his classes,…

… existence of God, believing he must prove that god exists before he can examine any corporeal objects outside of himself. By proving that the existence of God is not a sophism, he also argues that God is therefore the Supreme Being and the omnipotent…

… the people. His father was an artisan, one of the stone masons who squared, fixed and polished the blocks of which the Parthenon was built. Socrates took up the chisel of his father, the stone mason. He felt himself to be a born artisan, but he was…

… 31, 1915. As Merton grew he had a sense of pride in the fact that both of his parents were artists. Merton’s spiritual journey began to develop and he became conscious of the link between art and spirituality. Thus Thomas Merton is arguably the most…