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Charles Darwin: The Most Influential Person In European History

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Introduction Ten of the most influential people in all of European history have been nominated to win the award for most influential person in all of European History. Over a scheduled television broadcast, each one of the ten individuals will give a brief speech of their accomplishments and how their presence forever influenced European history. Once all have spoken it is up to the audience who was truly the most influential person. In order to ensure that the broadcast is child friendly, written below, in no particular order, are all of the speeches each individual intends to perform. Charles Darwin Greetings peers. My name is Charles Darwin. I am a British scientist who laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed …show more content…

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