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The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 60

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 59Federalist No. 61Federalist No. 60 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of…

Nauru

(Encyclopedia) NauruNaurunä&oomacr;ˈr&oomacr; [key], officially Republic of Nauru, atoll and independent republic (2015 est. pop. 11,000), c.8 sq mi (20 sq km), central Pacific, just south of…

Federalist No. 38

No 37 No 39 The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed From the New York Packet.Tuesday, January 15, 1788.Madison To the…

Brewer's: Cock Sure

is cocky sure—pertly confident. We call a self-confident, over-bearing prig a cocky fellow, from the barnyard despot; but Shakespeare employs the phrase in the sense of “sure as the cock…

Delvaux, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Delvaux, Paul, 1897–1994, Belgian painter. Delvaux, influenced by Magritte and Chirico, created meticulous surreal compositions based on Renaissance ideas of perspective and peopled…

Germain, Sophie

(Encyclopedia) Germain, SophieGermain, Sophiesôfēˈ zhĕrmăNˈ [key], 1776–1831, French mathematician. Although self-taught, she mastered mathematics and corresponded with J. L. Lagrange and C. F. Gauss…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Harp

The HarpOne musician is sure, His wisdom will not fail, He has not tasted wine impure, Nor bent to passion frail. Age cannot cloud his memory, Nor grief untune his voice, Ranging down the…

Reik, Theodor

(Encyclopedia) Reik, TheodorReik, Theodortāˈōdōr rīk [key], 1888–1969, American psychologist and author, b. Vienna, Ph.D. Univ. of Vienna, 1912. He was one of Sigmund Freud's earliest and most…