.... When Beethoven heard this, he asked him to give him a theme on which he then improvised so astonishingly well that Mozart ran out into the adjacent room and commented to his friends, “keep an eye on this one. Some day, he will give the world something to talk about.â€� He was supposed to stay for some more instruction from Mozart, but unfortunately his mothers sudden ill health prompted his return to Germany. By the time he returned to Vienna in 1792, Mozart had already passed away. Beethoven soon earned a good living being a musician. He completed his first symphony in 1800, and many other piano, cello, and violin sonatas. Beethoven was Vienna’s first successful â ....

.... one delivery truck, and one store that sold their chips, Mayfair, across from the Wigwam. They didn't have a marketing budget, so they relied on sampling and word of mouth advertisement. It wasn’t long before the large grocery stores in the valley began to authorize sale of their products. It was also right around this time they had a couple of bold flavors that were real winners, Salt & Vinegar and Jalapeño. Soon, all of Arizona could buy their products. In order to serve all their Arizona customers they started a distribution company. Today Distributing is the premier snack food distributor in the State of Arizona. It was only a matter of time until the p ....

.... "Barn Burning" takes place in the late nineteenth century South. Primarily a story about the relationship between father and son, the story presents itself through the use of symbolism. The most vital sign being fire. The fire is much like the main character in the story, Abner. Both Abner and the fire are uncontrollable and destroy anything in its way, having respect for nothing. Sarty, Abner’s son, dislikes what his father does out of acts of hate and tries to stop it (Faulkner "Barn" 23). He attempts to put out the "fire" inside his father. He is sick of his family’s way of life and is ready for a change no matter what it takes, ev ....

.... most of his energy into opposing slavery and supporting women's right's, labor reform, and temperance. In 1865 he attacked the Constitution. He attacked it because it supported slavery. He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became friends. As the Civil War approached he became more and more certain that violence must be employed to abolish slavery. When the war came he was at the head of the emancipation movement. In the years after the war Wendell Phillips demanded that actions be taken to protect blacks and loyal whites in the South. He also became more involved in workers rights. His spe ....

.... abolitionist causes, both through his literary works, and also through activities such as the Underground Railroad, and also his role in organizing a regiment of former slaves to fight in the Civil War for the Union army. Due to the Fugitive Slave Laws, Douglass became in danger of being captured and returned to slavery. He left America, and stayed in the British Isles. There he lectured on slavery, and gained the respect of many people, who raised money to purchase his freedom. In 1847, Douglass relocated to Rochester, New York, and became the person in charge of the Underground Railroad. Here he also began the abolitionist newspaper North Star, which he edited u ....

.... was living at the time. He gets rejected which puts him in a deep depression, which distracts him from his work. He is soon transferred to the Paris branch of the art dealer. There is not much for him Paris so within a year he returns to London. Even though he is back in London, he is still very distracted in his work. At the same time, he becomes obsessed with bible studies. Van Gogh resigns from his position in 1876 and leaves for Ramsgate, England. There, he takes a job as a teacher and curates with the local minister. The more obsessive his interest in religion gets, the worse his physical and mental state get. He leaves England a year later to take up religious ....

.... School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and started to lecture. Then in 1836, he helped to start the Transcendental Club. The Transcendental Club was formed for authors that were part of this historical movement. Emerson was a big part of this and practically initiated the entire club. As we know he was already a major part of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religion, Plato and even his wife influenced Emerson. He also inspire ....

.... morality, which identifies goodness with meekness and servility is the prime culprit in creating a cultural climate that thwarts the drive for excellence and self realization God is dead; a new era of human creativity and achievement is at hand. -- Great Thinkers In The Western World. By: Ian P. McGreal, 1992 PREFACE Much information is available on Mr. Friedrich Nietzsche, including many books that he wrote himself, during his philosophical career. I took this as a good sign I would find a fountain of enlightened material produced by the man. I've had to go through a bit of my own philosophical meditations to put my own value judgements aside, and truly look fo ....