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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To Ellen at the South

To Ellen at the SouthThe green grass is bowing, The morning wind is in it; 'T is a tune worth thy knowing, Though it change every minute. 'T is a tune of the Spring; Every year plays it…

The Devil's Dictionary: Immodest

by Ambrose Bierce IMMIGRANTIMMORALIMMODEST -adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others. There was once a man in Ispahan…

Burton Kendall WHEELER, Congress, MT (1882-1975)

Senate Years of Service: 1923-1947 Party: Democrat WHEELER Burton Kendall , a Senator from Montana; born in Hudson, Middlesex County, Mass., February 27, 1882; attended the common schools; worked…

1969 College Basketball Recap

Final AP Top 20Major Conference ChampionsNCAA Tournament (25 teams)NIT Tournament (16 teams)Player of the YearCoaches of the YearConsensus All-America The Lew Alcindor Era came to an unprecedented…

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments, also called the Decalogue (Greek, “ten words”), were divine laws revealed to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai. Appearing in both Exodus (Ex. 20: 2–17) and Deuteronomy (Deut.…

The Illiad: The Acts of Diomed.

The Breach of the Truce, and t... The Episodes of Glaucus and Di... The Acts of Diomed. Diomed, assisted by Pallas, performs wonders in this day's battle. Pandarus wounds him with an…