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—By Borgna Brunner After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006, with an…William Shakespeare: So shall I live, supposing thou art true
So shall I live, supposing thou art trueSo shall I live, supposing thou art true, Like a deceived husband; so love's face May still seem love to me, though alter'd new; Thy looks with me, thy…Amy Lowell: Climbing
ClimbingHigh up in the apple tree climbing I go, With the sky above me, the earth below. Each branch is the step of a wonderful stair Which leads to the town I see shining up there.Climbing,…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature I
Nature IWinters know Easily to shed the snow, And the untaught Spring is wise In cowslips and anemonies. Nature, hating art and pains, Baulks and baffles plotting brains; Casualty and…Seth Lewelling Biography
Seth Lewellinghorticulturist, developer of several varieties of fruitBorn: 3/6/1820Birthplace: Randolph, N.C. Lewelling arrived in Oregon Territory in 1850 with a wagon-full of fruit seeds…Sara Teasedale: Spring in War Time
Spring in War TimeI feel the Spring far off, far off, The faint far scent of bud and leaf— Oh how can Spring take heart to come To a world in grief, Deep grief?The sun turns north…Philemon Thomas HERBERT, Congress, CA (1825-1864)
HERBERT Philemon Thomas , a Representative from California; born in Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Ala., November 1, 1825; attended the common schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa;…George CARY, Congress, GA (1789-1843)
CARY George , a Representative from Georgia; born near Allens Fresh, Charles County, Md., August 7, 1789; received a classical education; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…Oliver Cicero WILEY, Congress, AL (1851-1917)
WILEY Oliver Cicero , a Representative from Alabama; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., January 30, 1851; attended the common schools; member of the town council for five years; chairman of the…Dale Evans Biography
Dale Evansborn Lucille Wood Smith but raised as Frances Octavia Smithsinger, actressBorn: 10/31/1912Birthplace: Uvalde, Tex actress, songwriter, and writer who starred with her husband, Roy Rogers,…Trending
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