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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 15, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 14, 1806August 16, 1806August 15, 1806 Thursday August 15th 1806 Continued Mandans Vilg after assembling the Chiefs and Smokeing one pipe…

Brewer's: Thaumaturgus

A miracle-worker; applied to saints and others who are reputed to have performed miracles. (Greek, thauma ergon.) Prince Alexander of IIohenlohe, whose power was looked upon as miraculous…

Heroes in Greek Mythology

Achilles Achilles was the strongest and most fearless warrior in the Greek war against the Trojans. As an infant his mother dipped him into the River Styx, which made him invulnerable everywhere…

Greek and Roman Mythology

The many gods and heroes of the Classical world Most of the Greek deities were adopted by the Romans, although in many cases there was a change of name. In the list below, information is given…

Nat

Nat"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the…

Josie Plays Mermaid

Josie Plays MermaidWhile the young Bhaers were having serious experiences at home, Josie was enjoying herself immensely at Rocky Nook; for the Laurences knew how to make summer idleness both…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Reabsorption

ReabsorptionAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Excretory SystemWaterworksWhere It All HappensReabsorptionWhen You Gotta Go … It's a bit ironic that once the material has been filtered out, so much of it…

Our Foreign Correspondent

Our Foreign CorrespondentLondonDearest People, Here I really sit at a front window of the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly. It's not a fashionable place, but Uncle stopped here years ago, and won't go…

The Koran/Sura XXI — The Prophets

Sura XXI — The ProphetsMecca — 112 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful THIS people's reckoning hath drawn nigh, yet, sunk in carelessness, they turn aside. Every…