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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Culture

CultureCan rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous, impressional, Alive to gentle influence Of landscape and of sky, And tender to the spirit-touch Of…

Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 3

Part 3Americanos! conquerors! marches humanitarian! Foremost! century marches! Libertad! masses! For you a programme of chants.Chants of the prairies, Chants of the long-running Mississippi,…

John Donne: Expostulation XX. Id agunt.

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, the God of order, but yet not of ambition, who assignest place to every one, but not contention for place, when shall it be thy pleasure to put an end…

Charles Hedding ROWLAND, Congress, PA (1860-1921)

ROWLAND Charles Hedding , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hancock, Washington County, Md., December 20, 1860; moved to Huntingdon County, Pa., in 1866 and to Houtzdale, Pa., in 1874;…

Thomas M. REYNOLDS, Congress, NY (1950)

REYNOLDS Thomas M. , a Representative from New York; born in Belfonte, Centre County, Pa., September 3, 1950; graduated from Springville-Griffith Institute, Springville, N.Y.; attended Kent State…

William Wilson POTTER, Congress, PA (1792-1839)

POTTER William Wilson , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Potters Mills, Pa., December 18, 1792; completed preparatory studies in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., and was graduated from…

World's Tallest Buildings

The following table lists the tallest buildings in the world by height. The Burj Khalifa, completed in January 2010, tops the list. NOTE: This list includes only buildings.2 For towers,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Goal

by EmilyDickinsonXXXIVSightThe Goal The Goal Each life converges to some centre Expressed or still; Exists in every human nature A goal, Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be, Too fair…

George Ross SMITH, Congress, MN (1864-1952)

SMITH George Ross , a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn., May 28, 1864; attended the public schools and Sauk Centre (Minn.) Academy; was graduated from the…