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Brewer's: Haversack
Strictly speaking is a bag to carry oats in. (See Haver-Cakes.) It now means a soldier's ration-bag slung from the shoulder; a gunner's leather-case for carrying charges. Source:…Khandogya-Upanishad: First Prapathaka, Eighth Khanda
Eighth Khanda1. There were once three men, well-versed in udgitha, Silaka Salavatya, Kaikitayana Dalbhya, and Pravahana Gaivali. They said: “We are well versed in udgitha. Let us have a…Khandogya-Upanishad: Sixth Prapathaka, Eighth Khanda
1. Uddalaka Aruni said to his son Svetaketu: “Learn from me the true nature of sleep (svapna). “When a man sleeps here, then, my dear son, he becomes united with the True, he is gone to his own (…Woodrow Wilson's War Message, Advising Congress to Declare War on Germany
Given on Monday, April 2, 19171 Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and…State of the Union Address: Ulysses S. Grant (December 2, 1872)
Ulysses S. Grant (December 2, 1872) To the Senate and House of Representatives: In transmitting to you this my fourth annual message it is with thankfulness to the Giver of All Good that as a nation…State of the Union Address: Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 3, 1936)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 3, 1936) Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: We are about to enter upon another year of the responsibility which the…B. Annex II
B. Annex IIDraft regulations concerning collective reliefArticle IThe Internee Committees shall be allowed to distribute collective relief shipments for which they are responsible. to all…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor: Products
ProductsThe magnitude of the charge of such an estate can be better understood when the condition of a Virginia plantation is realized. Before the Revolution practically everything the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 28, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 27, 1805June 29, 1805June 28, 1805 Friday June 28th 1805. Set Drewyer to shaving the Elk skins, Fields to make the cross stays for the boat…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 13, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 12, 1806January 14, 1806January 13, 1806 Tuesday January 13th 1806. This morning I took all the men who could be spared from the Fort and…Trending
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