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Sara Teasedale: After Love
After LoveThere is no magic when we meet, We speak as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you.You were the wind and I the sea— There is no splendor any more, I have…Aesop's Fables: The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
by Aesop The Traveller and His DogThe Wild Boar and the FoxThe Shipwrecked Man and the Sea A Shipwrecked Man cast up on the beach fell asleep after his struggle with the waves. When he…Ida B. Wells-Barnett Biography
Ida B. Wells-Barnettjournalist, activistBorn: 1862Birthplace: Holly Springs, Miss. Her parents were slaves when Wells was born and died from yellow fever when she was 14. By 1891 Wells was…Max Youngstein Biography
Max Youngstein movie executive Youngstein was one of the film executives to turn around the beleaguered movie company United Artists in the 1950s. In his role as head of production and…Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 6
Part 6What will be will be well, for what is is well, To take interest is well, and not to take interest shall be well.The domestic joys, the dally housework or business, the building of…Aesop's Fables: The Two Frogs
by Aesop The Farmer and the ViperThe Cobbler Turned DoctorThe Two Frogs Two Frogs were neighbours. One lived in a marsh, where there was plenty of water, which frogs love: the other in a…Tao Te Ching: Chapter 9
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 8 Chapter 10 Chapter 9 1 It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. If you keep…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: For The Sake O' Somebody
by Robert Burns The Tear-DropFor The Sake O' Somebody My heart is sair—I dare na tell, My heart is sair for Somebody; I could wake a winter night For the sake o'…Nauseous vs. Nauseating vs. Nauseated
The Question: Is it correct to say "the chicken salad made me nauseous," meaning that it made me feel sick to my stomach? My friend says that this would mean…Willis Haviland Carrier
Willis Haviland CarrierBorn: 1876Birthplace: Angola, N.Y. Apparatus for treating air—Carrier developed the first safe, low pressure centrifugal refrigeration machine using non-toxic,…Trending
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