What historical figures do you admire?
Cleopatra ruled a kingdom against great odds. Talk about strength.
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Yes indeed, he does not really come to mund, but he was remarkable
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Captain James Cook. It took him nearly a year to send word to his wife and family that he was at sea, something we can do in seconds in this day and age without giving it a thought.
He had a dream and he wasn't afraid of it despite knowing he wouldn’t see his family and would face life threatening treacherous oceans.
He had a dream and he wasn't afraid of it despite knowing he wouldn’t see his family and would face life threatening treacherous oceans.
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That’s very true indeed but someone would have don’t it eventually shrug 🤷🏻♀️... @Greengage
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Sarabee · 41-45
Well I admire eve
Lostpoet · M
Leif Erikson. The true founder of the North Americas.
Give Vikings credit for not destroying North American cultures. Though they massacred many in Europe.
Rambler · M
Aeschylus. Samuel Johnson. Beckett. I tend to think of literary figures for those to admire.
Rambler · M
I wasn’t thinking of characters but of them as men whose lives I admire and respect. Among many others.
Rambler · M
With considerable suffering. I would also include TS Eliot as a figure I greatly respect.
MasterofNone · 26-30, M
Alauddin Khilji. A ruler of 14th Century India. Great conquerer. Very cruel. Saved India from Mongol invasion.
Adec757 · 51-55, M
I K Brunel, drove engineering and transport forward.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
George Washington for winning the war and giving up power voluntarily twice.
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Chuang Tzu, a funny guy who wrote one of the principal texts of Taoism.
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Lostpoet · M
She was pretty sexy in that movie
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Elizabeth 1st..and Guy Fawkes!
Sharky86 · 36-40, M
Many!