Genius in Sunshine and Shadow
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Genius in Sunshine and Shadow is a book by Maturin M. Ballou. The book lists, under By the Same Author, Edge-Tools of Speech. The text says Joost van den Vondel, the national poet of Holland, was a hosier's apprentice. The text says Lord Clyde, the successful general who crushed the rebellion in India, and who was made a peer of England, was the son of a carpenter.
The text says Nathaniel Bowditch, the eminent mathematician, was a cooper's apprentice, and was twenty-one years of age before he may be said to have begun his education. The text says Joan of Arc, the most illustrious heroine of history, was born a poor peasant girl of Lorraine. The text says Béranger's first collection of songs was published in 1815 and received with great favor by the people.
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- Maturin M. Ballou
- Pages
- 147
- Language
- English
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