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Walt Whitman: This Dust Was Once the Man

This Dust Was Once the ManThis dust was once the man, Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand, Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, Was saved the…

U.S. News: The Trials of Chelsea Manning

  After being sentenced to 35 years in prison, Manning makes a statement. PFC Chelsea Manning official army photo, 2012 Related Links 2013 Year in Review 2013 News of…

The Celtic Twilight: The Man and His Boots

by W. B. Yeats The Old TownA CowardThe Man and His Boots There was a doubter in Donegal, and he would not hear of ghosts or sheogues, and there was a house in Donegal that had been…

Edwin Markham: Lincoln, the Man of the People

Lincoln, the Man of the PeopleEdwin MarkhamWhen the Norn Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour Greatening and darkening as it hurried on, She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down To make a man to…

Aesop's Fables: The Rich Man and the Tanner

by Aesop The Eagle and the ArrowThe Wolf, the Mother, and Her ChildThe Rich Man and the Tanner A Rich Man took up his residence next door to a Tanner, and found the smell of the tan-yard…

Aesop's Fables: The Bald Man and the Fly

by Aesop The Belly and the MembersThe Ass and the WolfThe Bald Man and the Fly A Fly settled on the head of a Bald Man and bit him. In his eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart…

Aesop's Fables: The Sick Man and the Doctor

by Aesop The Monkey and the CamelThe Travellers and the Plane-TreeThe Sick Man and the Doctor A Sick Man received a visit from his Doctor, who asked him how he was. "Fairly well, Doctor,"…

Aesop's Fables: The Old Man and Death

by Aesop The WitchThe MiserThe Old Man and Death An Old Man cut himself a bundle of faggots in a wood and started to carry them home. He had a long way to go, and was tired out before he…

Aesop's Fables: Prometheus and the Making of Man

by Aesop The Woman and the FarmerThe Swallow and the CrowPrometheus and the Making of Man At the bidding of Jupiter, Prometheus set about the creation of Man and the other animals. Jupiter…

Aesop's Fables: The Blind Man and the Cub

by Aesop The Oak and the ReedsThe Boy and the SnailsThe Blind Man and the Cub There was once a Blind Man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he…