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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Song of Nature

Song of NatureMine are the night and morning, The pits of air, the gulf of space, The sportive sun, the gibbous moon, The innumerable days. I hide in the solar glory, I am dumb in the pealing…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Spiritual LAWS

Spiritual LAWSThe living Heaven thy prayers respect, House at once and architect, Quarrying man's rejected hours, Builds therewith eternal towers; Sole and self-commanded works, Fears not…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sursum Corda

Sursum CordaSeek not the spirit, if it hide Inexorable to thy zeal: Trembler, do not whine and chide: Art thou not also real? Stoop not then to poor excuse; Turn on the accuser roundly; say…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Suum Cuique

Suum Cuique   Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. If curses be the wage of love, Hide in thy skies, thou fruitless Jove, Not to be named: It is…

Ralph Burton Rogers 1997 Deaths

Ralph Burton Rogersphilanthropist A successful businessman, Rogers was one of the founders of PBS and served as its chairman for several years. He is credited with having fended off the Nixon…

Ralph HILL, Congress, IN (1827-1899)

HILL Ralph , a Representative from Indiana; born in Trumbull County, Ohio, October 12, 1827; attended the district school, the Kinsman Academy and the Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio;…

Ralph HARVEY, Congress, IN (1901-1991)

HARVEY Ralph , a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Mount Summit, Henry County, Ind., August 9, 1901; attended the public schools; graduated from Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.,…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…

Morris, Robert, 1931–2018, American artist

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Robert (Robert Eugene Morris), 1931–2018, American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo., studied Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College. He settled in…

Madeira Islands

(Encyclopedia) Madeira IslandsMadeira Islandsmədērˈə, –dârˈə [key], archipelago (1991 pop. 257,692), 308 sq mi (798 sq km), autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean c.350 mi (560 km) off…