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A Pill with a Purpose

A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…

In the Willow

In the WillowThe old tree saw and heard a good many little scenes and confidences that summer, because it became the favorite retreat of all the children, and the willow seemed to enjoy it,…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 13

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 12Chapter 14Chapter 13 He passed out of the room and began the ascent, Basil Hallward following close behind. They walked softly, as men do instinctively at night…

Writing Well: Narrative Building Blocks

Narrative Building BlocksWriting WellTell Me a Story: NarrationNarrative Building BlocksGet Cookin'!Life Line: Personal Narratives Author! Author! When a person is surrounded by disciples, Oscar…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Threnody

ThrenodyThe South-wind brings Life, sunshine and desire, And on every mount and meadow Breathes aromatic fire; But over the dead he has no power, The lost, the lost, he cannot restore; And,…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 14, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 13, 1805August 15, 1805August 14, 1805 Wednesday August 14th In order to give Capt. Clark time to reach the forks of Jefferson's river I…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 11, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 10, 1806April 12, 1806April 11, 1806 Friday April 11th 1806. As the tents and skins which covered both our men and baggage were wet with…

The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Wooing

Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast Hiawatha's Wooing "As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she…

Psalms: 118

Psalms Chapter 118 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house…

Baron Munchausen: Supplement

by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron slips through the...Supplement Extraordinary flight on the back of an eagle, over France to Gibraltar, South and North America, the Polar Regions,…