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19th-century American author Mark Twain transformed literature. Through his enduring characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he portrayed life as an adventure, challenging social norms with courage, resourcefulness, friendship, and independence.
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American cartoonist Bosch Fawstin has risked his life to promote freedom of speech. Not only was he inspired by heroes throughout his life, but he created his own superhero, Pigman. In this episode, he poses the question, “Would your heroes admire you?”
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Table for One by Bosch Fawstinhttps://www.amazon.com/Table-One-Bosch-Fawstin/dp/0974955809/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UEHMFJ637GR7&keywords=table+for+one+bosch+fawstin&qid=1678713647&sprefix=table+for+one+bosch+fawstin%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1
The Infidel by Bosch Fawstin
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Explorers such as Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan stood on the shoulders of Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry’s vision launched the Age of Discovery, the period in which explorers vastly expanded knowledge of the Earth.
While discovering new lands, Prince Henry also made Portugal a force in global trade, opening up routes that were previously blocked by the Moors.
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Actor, director, and writer Sidney Poitier pushed film boundaries. He chose moral character and individualism over accidental traits, such as race. In 1967 he portrayed a teacher, a doctor, and an investigator in the top three box office films.
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In the rock music profession, where hedonism and compromise are rampant, the band Rush instead chose honesty and integrity. Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was a voice of reason whose pride of purpose inspired millions of fans.
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In the 1960s, Raquel Welch became a Hollywood bombshell. Over the next several decades, she succeeded on television, on Broadway, and as an entrepreneur. In her autobiography, Welch upholds dignity and respect, asking people to go "Beyond the Cleavage." Welch believed that women should be extraordinary and magnificent on and off screen. In 1981, she met novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand to discuss performing the role of heroine Dagny Taggart in the proposed film version of Atlas Shrugged.
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Imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Viktor Frankl saw suffering and death all around him. Instead of giving up hope, he chose to stay alive by constantly searching for meaning in life through introspection. This quest for meaning became the title of the most famous of the thirty-nine books he wrote.
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Charles Schwab led three gigantic enterprises: Carnegie Steel, U.S. Steel, and Bethlehem Steel. His benevolent personality attracted the most productive workers, whom he rewarded financially. He saw no clash between labor and management. Why did his staff feel a sense of pride under Schwab's leadership? In his words, "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."
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Born into slavery, Nancy Green used her cooking and storytelling talents to bring joy to millions of pancake and syrup consumers. Under the persona of Aunt Jemima, Green’s trustworthy face became the symbol of the brand for several decades.
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From the Ministry of Truth punishing citizens for thought crimes to big brother watching your every move via technology, writer George Orwell warned against a totalitarian society that would rule every aspect of the individual’s life.
Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984 remain literary classics and are just as relevant today as when they were published, in the mid-twentieth century.
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From the Ministry of Truth punishing citizens for thought crimes to big brother watching your every move via technology, writer George Orwell warned against a totalitarian society that would rule every aspect of the individual’s life.
Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984 remain literary classics and are just as relevant today as when they were published, in the mid-twentieth century.
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When the Nazi gestapo captured Irena Sendler, they demanded to know the names of the 2,500 Jewish children whose lives she had saved. Sendler endured the torture of having both her leges broken, but remained silent.
Sendler had found Christian parents for the children and kept all their names in a jar buried under a tree near the gestapo barracks. After WWII, she reunited the few parents who survived with their children. Her story is told in the book Life in a Jar.
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Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler film
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After fleeing his home in Prague, Petr Beckmann learned how to use RADAR technology to help defeat the Nazis. He then earned a Doctor of Science degree in communist-run Czechoslovakia, and escaped to the freedom of America.
Beckmann wrote more than sixty-books and founded a pro-science, pro-technology, pro-free enterprise newsletter called Access to Energy. As a leading proponent of nuclear power, he wrote The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear in 1976.
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Petr Beckmann on Defending Nuclear Power and Preventing Nuclear War.
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In twelfth-century France, Peter Abelard renounced his inheritance and knighthood and chose to become a philosopher. Héloïse, though raised in a convent, challenged cultural norms, became a scholar, and held a secret marriage with Abelard.
Church officials sent Abelard to the monastery and Héloïse back to the convent. During their years of separation, they wrote voluminous love letters, which are celebrated to this day. Their story was dramatized in the 1988 film Stealing Heaven. -
Before inventing the telegraph, Samuel Morse was a prolific artist. But his invention accelerated communication from the speed of horseback to the speed of light. Morse’s creation transformed business, transportation, journalism, and warfare.
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Before 1450, all books in Europe were laboriously written by hand. Gutenberg changed that with one invention: the moveable printing press. Thanks to his creation, within fifty years businesses in Europe were producing millions of books.
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Louis Armstrong overcame poverty and racism to become a pioneer in a new genre of music: American jazz. His broad smile, cheerful demeanor, and passion for life were perfectly captured in his song What a Wonderful World.
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Defying the French king’s orders, the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette sailed to America, ready to fight for the cause of liberty. He proved his valor on the battlefield, secured French aid, and commanded troops in the decisive victory at Yorktown. After success in the American Revolution, Lafayette aimed to uphold the Rights of Man in France. In 1824, he was invited back to the United States for a celebratory tour of the country that lasted sixteen months. No less than thirty-six cities and towns are named after him in America. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD 💻 ALSO CHECK OUT Learn more about the most life-enhancing conference of the year 👉https://objectivestandard.org/tos-con 📖 COURSES 🔗 LINKS Check out our website ➔ https://objectivestandard.org/ Follow us on Instagram ➔ https://www.instagram.com/objectivest... Follow us on Facebook ➔ https://www.facebook.com/objectivesta... Follow us on Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/ObjStdInstitute Follow us on LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/company/obje... 📧 CONTACT [email protected]
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In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt forever changed the direction of American domestic and foreign policy. He broke up the Northern Securities Company and his Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine led America to become the world’s police power.
Roosevelt exerted his political power by issuing 1,081 executive orders. The preceding twenty-five presidents combined for 1,262 executive orders.
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Jane Austen started writing at age eleven and went on to publish four novels during her lifetime. She created female characters who courageously challenge the caste system, condemn slavery, and long for independence.
Her novels have since sold more than one hundred million copies and were adapted into successful feature films and theatrical productions. - Montre plus