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Federalist No. 37

No 36 No 38 Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government From the Daily Advertiser.Friday, January 11, 1788.Madison To the…

How Many Continents Are There?

Source: iStock Like a large jigsaw puzzle, the surface of the Earth is divided up into interlocking pieces that form the world we know today. And when it comes to the number of continents, it hasn’t…

The Illiad: Preface.

Note to the Fifth Edition. Preface. In the spring of 1862 I was induced, at the request of some personal friends, to print, for private circulation only, a small volume of "…

Flatland: Concerning our Priests

by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Suppression of the Chro...Of the Doctrine of our PriestsConcerning our Priests It is high time that I should pass from these brief and discursive notes about…

Maryland Farmer I

Maryland Farmer I15 February 1788by To assert that bills of rights have always originated from, or been considered as grants of the King or Prince, and that the liberties which they secure…

Demon and Beast

Demon and BeastFor certain minutes at the least That crafty demon and that loud beast That plague me day and night Ran out of my sight; Though I had long pernned in the gyre, Between my…

John Donne: Prayer XII. Spirante columba

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who, though thou have suffered us to destroy ourselves, and hast not given us the power of reparation in ourselves, hast yet afforded us such…