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Brewer's: Soft Fire makes Sweet Malt

(A). Too fierce a fire would burn malt and destroy its sweetness, and too much hurry or precipitation spoils work, “Soft and fair goes fair;” “Love me little, love me long;” “Slow and…

Brewer's: Figs

I shan't buy my Attic figs in future, but grow them. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. It was Xerxes who boasted that he did not intend any longer to buy his figs, because…

Brewer's: Ostrich Eggs in Churches

Ostrich eggs are suspended in several Eastern churches as symbols of God's watchful care. It is said that the ostrich hatches her eggs by gazing on them, and if she suspends her gaze even…

Walt Whitman: This Compost

This CompostPart 1Something startles me where I thought I was safest, I withdraw from the still woods I loved, I will not go now on the pastures to walk, I will not strip the clothes from my…

About Harry Haikus

by Holly Hartman FROM THE FACTMONSTER: Monster gets the mail likes to read funny haiku write by Harry fans HAIKU ARCHIVES Harry Links The Harry Haiku ArchiveQuiz on Books 1 and 2Quiz on Book…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 30, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 29, 1805July 1, 1805June 30, 1805 Sunday June 30th 1805. We had a heavy dew this morning which is a remarkable event. Fraizer and…

Bombers: Boeing B-52

More than fifty years later, it's still flying by David Noland Boeing B-52H Specs Length: 156 ft Wingspan: 185 ft Empty weight: 172,740 lbs Max takeoff weight: 488,000…

William Vaughn Moody: Gloucester Moors

Gloucester MoorsWilliam Vaughn MoodyA mile behind is Gloucester town Where the fishing fleets put in, A mile ahead the land dips down And the woods and farms begin. Here, where the moors…