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Forest M. Bird
Forest M. BirdBorn: 1921Birthplace: Stoughton, Mass Medical respirators—Bird developed the first highly reliable, low-cost mass-produced respirator in the world. His “Babybird ” respirator…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act IV, Scene II
Scene IIA public road near CoventryEnter Falstaff and BardolphFalstaffBardolph, get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of sack: our soldiers shall march through; we'll to Sutton Co'fil…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Life
LifeA train of gay and clouded days Dappled with joy and grief and praise, Beauty to fire us, saints to save, Escort us to a little grave. No fate, save by the victim's fault, is low, For God…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Retrospect: Cwm Elan, 1812
by Percy Bysshe Shelley On Robert Emmet's GraveFragment of a SonnetThe Retrospect: Cwm Elan, 1812 Published from the Esdaile manuscript book by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887. A scene,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Dedication
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Author's Preface Canto 1 Dedication There is no danger to a man that knows What life and death is: there's not any law Exceeds his knowledge; neither is it lawful That…William Shakespeare: When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'dWhen I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I see down-raz'd, And brass…William Shakespeare: Was it the proud full sail of his great verse
Was it the proud full sail of his great verseWas it the proud full sail of his great verse, Bound for the prize of all too precious you, That did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearse, Making…Walt Whitman: Old War-Dreams
Old War-DreamsIn midnight sleep of many a face of anguish, Of the look at first of the mortally wounded, (of that indescribable look,) Of the dead on their backs with arms extended wide…Leonard Baskin 2000 Deaths
Leonard BaskinAge: 77 figurative sculptor and graphic artist known for his work that conveyed a sense of urgency and drama. Mortality was a common theme in his art, and he created a bas…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Manners
MannersGrace, Beauty and Caprice Build this golden portal; Graceful women, chosen men, Dazzle every mortal. Their sweet and lofty countenance His enchanted food; He need not go to them, their…