The History Of Demosthenes
(For Those Who Don't Know, OR wish to know more about this person in History.)
Demosthenes
384-322 BC
As a youth in ancient Athens, Demosthenes had a severe speech impediment, and people jeered at his stuttering when he addressed his first large public assembly.
Demosthenes, the son of a prosperous sword maker, was orphaned when he was only 8. His guardians so pilfered his estate that little was left when Demosthenes came of age. Seeking justice, he successfully pleaded his own case and won damages. To improve his elocution, he talked with pebbles in his mouth and recited verses while running along the seashore over the roar of the waves.
Demosthenes' diligent work was successful and at the age of 25 he had entered public life. He had won popularity and power when King Philip of Macedon was beginning the conquest of Greece. Realizing the peril, Demosthenes made eloquent appeals for his countrymen to unite and preserve their freedom. These powerful orations against Philip were known as philippics, a term still in use to describe any impassioned denunciation or tirade.
The Athenians were too late in heeding Demosthenes ' warnings and he was falsely accused of taking a bribe. He was fined and imprisoned but escaped. When his final effort to obtain freedom for Greece failed, he swallowed poison from his pen and died.
Demosthenes' greatest oration is entitled On the Crown'. He delivered it in 330 BC. It was a review and justification of his public life and a condemnation of his bitter rival, Aeschines, who was forced into exile.
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QUOTES!
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The easiest thing of all is to deceive one's self; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true.
The fact speak for themselves.
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one’s self.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
More About Me:
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1. Disturbed-Five Thousand Fists-Overburdended. (Go figure. I like rock to go with all the angst and stuff I write.)
2. Evanescence-Fallen-Imaginary (Got to have a female singer.)
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2. Wizard's First Rule-Terry Goodkind
3. It-Stephan King
4. Lasher-Anne Rice
5. Wheel of Time-Robert Jordan
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Bio: I am a GRADUATE!! I live in MO. I like to write fanfiction, and I enjoy reading anything that's long, dark, and throughroughly engrossing. I energize my artistic skills by praticing whenever I can (though it usually sucks compared to my younger siblings artwork). I watch CSI, Stargate Atlanits, Numb3rs, House, Pysche, and lots more. I enjoy traveling, photography, and scrapbooking. I have a number of specialties, and one of them is cooking. I can make a mean brownie cake.
Unofficial Bio: Hi! I'm just adding stuff to my bio whenever I get a chance (like now!). I like basically everything I have watched, and read. I'm a die-hard sci-fi fantasy fan to the core. I love music, like Disturbed, and others that are up above on the list I made. If you really request more information about me...then you're SOL. (Another thing...I rarely curse. Only when I'm angry. VERY VERY ANGRY!) I love my fans, and I love writing for them. I hope that everyone stays around for the future stories of CSI, and possibly Stargate Atlantis. In the meantime-here's a list of what I've achieved in Fanfiction, and what I'll achieve in the future. (BTW, I'm sorry updating is so slow. There's this little thing called life that's holding me down.) I'll give you one more thing about me so that you'll be able to know me almost throughoughly! I have a sense of humor! There! Now you know all about me...or almost all. :D
Finished Stories:
Gunfire
Soft
Unfinished Stories (WIP Work In Progress):
Taken Hostage
Stories Not Yet Posted (NYP):
Always and Forever- Another Greg centered fic. As part of the team, everyone expects that he'll be around always and forever when they need him. But when he declares that he's going off on his own in another state to solve a case, there's no telling when-or even if-he'll ever get back.
Avenger-a fic that's centered around Sara Greg. Not saying more just yet.
Rock God of Murder-a Greg centered fic. Still not saying more.
(I have also added a livejournal page where all my stories are being posted, and where they are going to be edited and revised.)
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