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Jo Meets Apollyon

Jo Meets Apollyon"Girls, where are you going?" asked Amy, coming into their room one Saturday afternoon, and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy which excited her…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Boston

BostonSicut Patribus, Sit Deus NobisThe rocky nook with hilltops three Looked eastward from the farms, And twice each day the flowing sea Took Boston in its arms; The men of yore were…

U.S. News: The Trials of Chelsea Manning

  After being sentenced to 35 years in prison, Manning makes a statement. PFC Chelsea Manning official army photo, 2012 Related Links 2013 Year in Review 2013 News of…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 24, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 23, 1806May 25, 1806May 24, 1806 Saturday May 24th 1806. The child was very wrestless last night; it's jaw and the back of it's neck are much…

Chauncey Judd: Puritan Training

The Judd Family A Quilting Party Puritan Training In those days the means of education was scanty. For some years a school had been established in Judd's Meadow, to be kept a few weeks…

Dowries

The joining of money and marriage by David Johnson Marriage Statistics Median Age at First MarriageMarriages and DivorcesMarriage Rates for Selected CountriesRelated StatisticsRelated Links…

35 Silliest "American Dad" Quotes

Top of Page Are you ready to laugh until you cry? Look no further than “American Dad”, the animated sitcom that's like a fever dream on steroids. The show follows the Smith family, headed by the…

acacia

(Encyclopedia) acaciaacaciaəkāˈshə [key], any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Chiefly of the tropics and subtropics…