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SIMPSON, Jeremiah (Jerry), Congress, KS (1842-1905)
SIMPSON, Jeremiah (Jerry), a Representative from Kansas; born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, March 31, 1842; moved with his parents to Oneida County, N.Y., in 1848; attended the public schools…William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Dramatis Personae
Dramatis PersonaeClaudius, king of Denmark. Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present king.Polonius, lord chamberlain. Horatio, friend to Hamlet.Laertes, son to Polonius.Lucianus,…Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Biography
Jean Baptiste Point du Sablefounder of ChicagoBorn: c. 1750Birthplace: St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) Du Sable had a French father and an African-born slave mother. He was…Robert Graves: Careers
CareersFather is quite the greatest poet That ever lived anywhere. You say you're going to write great music— I chose that first: it's unfair. Besides, now I can't be the greatest painter…Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 3
Part 3What do you hear Walt Whitman?I hear the workman singing and the farmer's wife singing, I hear in the distance the sounds of children and of animals early in the day, I hear emulous…The Celtic Twilight: Concerning the Nearness Together of Heaven, Earth, and Purgatory
by W. B. Yeats The Religion of a SailorThe Eaters of Precious StonesConcerning the Nearness Together of Heaven, Earth, and Purgatory In Ireland this world and the world we go to after…Charles Henry GROSVENOR, Congress, OH (1833-1917)
GROSVENOR Charles Henry , a Representative from Ohio; born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., September 20, 1833; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1838; attended school in Athens County; taught…March 2007
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World U.S. Troops Kill Several Civilians…Walt Whitman: In Cabin'd Ships at Sea
In Cabin'd Ships at SeaIn cabin'd ships at sea, The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the waves, the large imperious waves, Or some lone bark buoy'd on…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 16
Part 16I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuff'd with the…Trending
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