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Closest to God It is quite impressive that his knowledge
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was all self-taught. We can also learn from
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Da Vinci that when there is still a chance,
On April 15th,1452 a gifted artist was born there is no excuse to give up. For example,
into the Leonardo family in Anchiano, Italy. we know from the past, Da Vinci had only
Everything he knew was self-taught; people say drawn 13 pieces of painting in his life.
that he could be compared to God. Not many However, Da Vinci also had lots of
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know that he knew how to do more than 17 manuscripts, which included different kinds
different jobs. No one knows that he had never of machines and bodies. All of these he
seen his mother in his life. Da Vinci the gifted learned by himself; he was not only an
artist, known as the person closest to God. artist, he was also a scientist.
After his father started his new family, da
Vinci was left alone. However, when his dad A Powerful
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found that Da Vinci was talented in art, his dad Defender of
wanted to use him to earn money. Da Vinci Women’s Rights
was a perfectionist, and as a result most of his
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beautiful paintings were ruined by himself. Da
Vinci had to get back to drawing because he Did you know that girls in Pakistan did not
had always ruined his paintings, which meant have the rights to go to school and learn?
he didn’t get any money. People started to ask Yet, a very brave and powerful girl stood up
Da Vinci to draw different paintings. However, to defend females' rights of education; when
he did not finish most of them, he only did she was 15, she put her life at risk to protect
when Da Vinci was too poor to buy supplies. girls’ rights. She got shot in the head, and
Then, Da Vinci’s dad started to help him. very fortunately survived a 10-day coma. She
One winter in 1507, Da Vinci was sent to kept fighting for women after her recovery,
Florence empire as a Villa’s ( a famous artist in and she eventually became the youngest
Florence) apprentice. One time Villa needed to person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her
do an important painting. He asked two of his name is Malala Yousafzai, a female’s rights
apprentices to help him, one of whom was Da activist who is currently studying at Oxford
Vinci. People say that the angel that Da Vinci University.
drew was alive and natural. Villa was so jealous Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora,
that he broke all his paint brushes. Pakistan on July 12th, 1997. She went to a
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