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Ebola FAQs

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization Ebola Fact Sheet Rare and Deadly Diseases What is Ebola virus disease?…

Tales from Shakespeare: The Tempest

The Tempest There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady. She came to…

Federal Farmer XVII

Federal Farmer XVII23 January 1788by See also Federalist No. 41, Federalist No. 42, and Federalist No. 43Dear sir,I believe the people of the United States are full in the opinion, that a…

The Illiad: The Death of Hector.

The Battle in the River Scamander. Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus. The Death of Hector. The Trojans being safe within the walls, Hector only stays to oppose Achilles. Priam is…

Sigismund

(Encyclopedia) SigismundSigismundsĭjˈĭsmənd, sĭgˈ– [key], 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor (1433–37), German king (1410–37), king of Hungary (1387–1437) and of Bohemia (1419–37), elector of Brandenburg…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 15

Part 15Allons! the road is before us! It is safe—I have tried it—my own feet have tried it well—be not detain'd! Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten, and the book on the shelf…

John Donne: A Jet Ring Sent

A Jet Ring SentThou art not so black as my heart, Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art; What would'st thou say? shall both our properties by thee be spoke, —Nothing more…

Walt Whitman: Aboard at a Ship's Helm

Aboard at a Ship's HelmAboard at a ship's helm, A young steersman steering with care.Through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing, An ocean-bell—O a warning bell, rock'd by the waves.O you…

Margaret Widdemer: The Dark Cavalier

The Dark CavalierMargaret WiddemerI am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; I stand to wait for you, patient in the darkness,…