According to‚ “Don’t do what you love for a career—do what makes you money‚” Catherine Baab-Muguira concerns about what do we live for and how do we live for‚ to understand what the most important in life is‚ especially about career. She told that we must do the work that will make much money‚ to make life’s work out. The author knows that it’s easier to do your work to pursue your dreams that we usually called passion. It opens our minds to make us realize that a success is not accomplished by a
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from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815 to 1825‚ as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. Soon after his birth on December 23‚ 1777‚ Alexander was taken from his father‚ Paul I of Russia‚ by his grandmother‚ Catherine the Great‚ who greatly disliked Paul and did not want him to have any influence on the education of Alex. Both sides tried to use Alexander for their own purposes and he was therefore torn emotionally between his grandmother and his father. This
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Catherine the Great was one of the greatest rulers Russia has ever had. While most of their rulers started wars and were focused on gaining land‚ she was more focused on improving the overall state of Russia. She was born in 1729 and died in 1796. At the age of 15‚ she was invited by Empress Elizabeth to meet and possibly marry the heir to the throne‚ Grand Duke Peter. However‚ the Duke was a very immature child. The ended up marrying‚ but it was always a dysfunctional relationship. When Empress
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In the eighteenth-century Europe was undergoing many changes in power as well as changes in ideals. The country of Europe was going through a time of enlightenment‚ revolutions‚ and wars. Central and eastern Europe was also going through changes; there were a set of new powers that began to rise. Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia were joining the ranks of other strong European countries due to the fact that they were all beginning to build powerful nations. There were important figures in all three
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In the latter half of the 16th century‚ France was torn by a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants‚ called Huguenots‚ which mainly referred to French Calvinists. Catherine de Medici‚ the mother of the young king Charles IX hit upon a plan to finally exterminate the Protestants; she proposed that a marriage should be arranged between Margaret‚ the catholic sister of King Charles‚ and Henry de Bourbon‚ the Huguenot king of Navarre. All the notable leaders of the land were invited to
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Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was an english philosopher in the 17th century. He was born in a time were the church ruled. He was known for his book Leviathan and for his view on politics and social behavior. He said that having a government was a must for us humans because they set rules for us. If there weren’t ruled people would act according to what they like‚ what they want and that is often killing. This means that he believed we needed the government in order to not be in war. Thomas Hobbes
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because when this castle was purchased by Catherine de’ Medici in 1560‚ she forced Diane de Poitiers to exchange Chambourg with Chenonceau. Another castle is Chenonceau. Thomas Bohier built this castle. When Bohier died it was given to François I as money because of a dept he had with the king at the time. When Henri II got his turn to stay at the castle‚ he gave it to his mistress‚ Diane de Poitiers. She was forced out of the castle and was replaced by Catherine de’ Medici. The castle of Versailles
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Millais in 1871. The first portrait by Dmitry levitzky is called Nelidova‚ Ekaterina Ivanovna who she is the daughter of Lieutenant Ivan Dmitrievich Nelidov. She was raised in the Smolny Institute for Young Ladies and was noticed there by Empress Catherine II‚ who made her a maid of honor to the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna‚ later Empress‚ whose husband Emperor Pavel I. She was sincerely attached to him‚ although their relations were never intimate. She was able to influence Pavel I‚ preventing some
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In Catherine II accession to the throne‚ she had increased the number of serfdom which lead to the Pugachev Rebellion in 1773 to 1774. This rebellion was led by a man name Emelian Pugachev who claimed to be Peter III. In this rebellion‚ Pugachev promised the peasants freedom to the lower levels of the Russian society. The rebellion was eventually put down by Catherine II’s military. Catherine II rational to put this rebellion down was the lies Pugachev
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Mary Catherine Bateson’s story on “Composing a Life Story” allowed me to realize that due to experiences I have become a unique person. I am one person however I have many different versions of myself. I have to become a different version of myself for each environment that I enter into. Indeed it almost sounds like I have multiple personality however that is not the case. When I am at home I must be the loving‚ caring‚ nurturing women who cares for the household‚ her child‚ and all that is involved
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