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The Iliad of Homer: How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded
Book 13 Book 15 How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded. Yet the cry…Treaty of Ghent: Article the Tenth
Article the NinthArticle the EleventhArticle the Tenth Whereas the Traffic in Slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and Justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the…The Differences Between the CFL and the NFL
The Question: Why are there 12 men on a Canadian football team? The Answer: Although both the National Football League and the Canadian Football League require…Blaise Pascal
A prodigy in math, Blaise Pascal was a contemporary and rival of René Descartes. In spite of years of ill health and a short life, Pascal accomplished quite a bit: he published a significant work…Jimmy Carter, 2002 News
former president, won the Nobel Peace Prize in October. He was cited for “his untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights,…Emmy Rossum
Emmy Rossum is the supremely tressed young actress who starred with Gerard Butler in the 2004 movie version of The Phantom of the Opera. An accomplished opera singer, Rossum had a professional…Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe was both a tennis star of the 1960s and '70s and an African-American pioneer: the first black man to win at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. Arthur Ashe played tennis at UCLA and was…Jane Austen
Jane Austen's novels were witty, warm and ironic portraits of the privileged classes of 18th- and 19th-century England. Her best-known works are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (…Charles Messier
Charles Messier was a French astronomical observer whose accomplishments were so great the king, Louis XV, famously called him "my little comet ferret." Employed by astronomer Nicolas Delisle in…State of the Union Address: Martin van Buren (December 5, 1840)
Martin van Buren (December 5, 1840) Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Our devout gratitude is due to the Supreme Being for having graciously continued to our beloved…Trending
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