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In 1856 he joined the new REPUBLICAN PARTY. He ran again (1858) for the Senate against Stephen A. DOUGLAS, and in a spirited campaign he and Douglas engaged in seven debates. Lincoln was not an ABOLITIONIST, but he regarded slavery as an evil and opposed its extension. Although he lost the election, he had by now made a name for himself, and in 1860 he

He thus became known throughout Germany and used his nine months in prison to write Mein Kampf [my struggle], filled with anti-Semitism, power worship, disdain for morality, and his strategy for world domination. It became the bible of the Nazi party. The Nazi movement grew slowly until 1929, when the economic depression brought it mass support. Hitler

Although an ardent pacifist, he urged Pres. F.D. ROOSEVELT to investigate the possible use of atomic energy in bombs. In one of three important 1905 papers, he explained BROWNIAN MOVEMENT on the basis of his study of the motion of atoms. His special theory of RELATIVITY (1905) dealt with systems or observers in uniform (unaccelerated) motion with respe

It is the tale of the poet's journey through Hell and Purgatory (guided by VERGIL) and through Heaven (guided by Beatrice, to whom the poem is a memorial.) Written in a complex PENTAMETER form, terza rima, it is a magnificent synthesis of the medieval outlook, picturing a changeless universe ordered by God. Through it Dante established Tuscan as the li

Thus, its prosperity is heavily dependent on the export of manufactured goods in exchange for raw materials and foodstuffs, and it has long been an extremely active trading nation. Manufacturing and service industries employ more than one third of the total work force. Major industries include mechanical and electrical engineering, food processing, iro

He became a proponent of satyagraha [passive resistance] as a way to end British rule. His efforts led the British to jail him several times, but so great was his following that his threats to fast until death usually forced his release. In the INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, India's chief political party, he led the fight to rid the country of the CASTE sys

His long poem in five parts, The Waste Land (1922), is an erudite work that expresses vividly his conception of the sterility of modern society in contrast with societies of the past. Eliot believed that modern society lacked (mancasse) a vital sense of community. The waste land of the poem is modern European culture, which had come too far from its spi

His first task was to reduce the power of the barons ,wich he did with the help of professional soldiers.
Knights could now pay the king a sum of money called "scutage" instead of giving the militar service and with this money the king was able to hire mercenaries.
Another way of keep order was to see that law was done to all.
Henry sent tra

Jusqu’ au romantisme le Moyen Age est vu comme une periode de decadence; seulement le romantisme le revalu.
L’eglise a un rol très important et il y a un guerre entre papotè et empire.
Après les invasions la population quitte les villes et la vie se deplace à la campagne.
L’église c’est l’unique pouvoir spirituel et temporel.
Restauratio

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