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Andrew John Young was a clergyman and poet. He was born in 1885 and educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh University. Originally he was a school teacher. After 35 years of his birth he moved to Hove in Sussex, England. He became the Vicar of Stonegate in 1941. He was made a canon of Chicheslester Cathedral seven years later. Andrew John Young made his mark with his nature poems. His published works include 'Songs of Night' 1910 and 'Booz and Ruth' 1920, 'The Bird of Cage' 1926, 'The Shepherd' 1931, 'The Winter Harvest 1933, The White Blackbird' 1935, 'The Green Man' 1947 and 'Into Hydes'. Edinburgh University conferred an honoray LL.D. on him in 1951 and in 1952 he was awarded the Queen's Medal for poetry. He died on November 25, 1971.

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Jerry was a very good boy who had been living in the orphanage since he was four. He was honest and brave. The best word to describe his character was integrity. He refused to take the money for the repair of the axe-handle as he broke it carelessly. He only took the money when he knew that there was fault in it. He did many extra works for the convenience of the authoress. He put some dry fire material in cubbyhole so that the authoress could make fire in case of wet weather. He dug a deeper whole and steadied a loose stone an the way of the authoress. All this activities show that he loved the authoress as his mother.

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Barack Obama was born to a white mother and a black father in America. As his parents were separated, he was raised by his grandparents. He studied at the Punabou school in Hawaii. Then he studied law at Harvard Law school. He was elected the President of USA twice. He was awarded Nobel Prize for peace in 2009. He is working hard to remove global crisis. His leadership qualities are really impressive. Such a leader is rarely found nowadays.

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