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Anecdotes Of Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Alberti was a gentleman of many accomplishments. He could ride an unbroken horse, jump his own height, and throw an apple over the Duomo of Florence. But he was also a scholar, a writer, indeed a man of universal sympathies.
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Anecdotes Of Bramante Da Urbino (1444-1514) - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Bramante was born in Urbino about 1444, his parents being very poor. In his childhood he was taught to read and write, and was early devoted to drawing and the art of painting. Arithmetic became his favorite study.
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Anecdotes Of Michaelangelo (1474-1564) - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Michaelangelo was undoubtedly the greatest of all artists. Not only as a painter, but as a poet, a sculptor, and an architectect he was able to carry all before him.
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Greek Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The architecture that we know as Greek is the most perfect of all architecture, and the Parthenon, a temple at Athens, is its best example.
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Famous Buildings In America - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Mount Vernon is a place of great interest to all Americans, for it was the home of George Washington. It was an ideal country home in its time, and it speaks of comfort and peace to all who visit it today.
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Oriental Architecture - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The great oriental countries like China, Japan, and India have their own styles of architecture which have nothing to do with those we have studied. And we have left a brief mention of them until the very last.
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The Sense Organs - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The nervous system not only keeps all the different parts of the body working together, but constantly regulates and alters their activities to meet conditions in the world outside.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/healthy-living-16.shtml

Growth And Development - (Found June 29, 2008 )

One of the most interesting peculiarities of living things is that they all go through a regular and definite course of changes, forming a cycle, or circle, of development.
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Habits Of Health - (Found June 29, 2008 )

It will fail in its main object if it does not lead you to form habits of health which will help you throughout your life. You should think of health as something splendid and worth while.
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Man And The Microbe - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The work of guarding against these diseases that come from outside, keeping water and food pure, and preventing the spread of communicable diseases from one person to another, is called sanitation.
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