Alexander the Great, while still in his 20's, became the most successful commander of all time. Remarkably, every world power looked up to this young commander.
This type of drive to succeed is extraordinarily rare.
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Alexander the Great, while still in his 20's, became the most successful commander of all time. Remarkably, every world power looked up to this young commander.
This type of drive to succeed is extraordinarily rare.
um ok?
I knew an Alexander once. He was ok but not great.
Once per century? Please give me the only one in the past hundred years...Quote:
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Hey, what's up?
I had a hamster when I was little but it died shortly after we got him.
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species have been found in the fossil record.
The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. It is one of the few venomous mammals, the male platypus having a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans.
im going to kill this thread with the power of aesthetics
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This guy always posts this shit
Alexander of Lincoln was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln. He was the nephew of Roger of Salisbury, a Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England under King Henry I, and was also related to Nigel, Bishop of Ely. Unlike his relatives, he held no office in the government before his appointment as Bishop of Lincoln in 1123. Alexander became a frequent visitor to King Henry's court after his elevation to the episcopate, and he served as a royal justice. Although Alexander was known for his ostentatious and luxurious lifestyle, he founded a number of religious houses in his diocese and was an active builder and literary patron. He also attended church councils and reorganized his diocese by increasing the number of archdeaconries and setting up prebends to support his cathedral clergy. Under Henry's successor, King Stephen, Alexander was imprisoned in 1139. He subsequently briefly supported Stephen's rival, Matilda, but by the late 1140s Alexander was once again working with Stephen. He spent much of the late 1140s at the papal court in Rome, but died in England in early 1148. Alexander was the patron of medieval chroniclers Henry of Huntingdon and Geoffrey of Monmouth, and served as an ecclesiastical patron of the medieval hermit Christina of Markyate and Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertines
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Bill Clinton or General's Patton & MacArthurQuote:
Originally Posted by LGM
i am eating a large lasagna right now...
^^ how big?