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Aesop's Fables: The Wasp and the Snake

by Aesop The Dog and the WolfThe Eagle and the BeetleThe Wasp and the Snake A Wasp settled on the head of a Snake, and not only stung him several times, but clung obstinately to the head…

Aesop's Fables: The Fowler and the Lark

by Aesop The Eagle and the BeetleThe Fisherman PipingThe Fowler and the Lark A Fowler was setting his nets for little birds when a Lark came up to him and asked him what he was doing. "I…

Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 1

Part 1To think of time—of all that retrospection, To think of to-day, and the ages continued henceforward.Have you guess'd you yourself would not continue? Have you dreaded these earth-…

David Rockefeller

David Rockefeller was a billionaire whose powers as an international businessman outpaced those of his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men iofearly 20th century America. David…

Lloyd Mifflin: Fiat Lux

Fiat LuxLloyd MifflinThen that dread angel near the awful throne, Leaving the seraphs ranged in flaming tiers, Winged his dark way through those unpinioned spheres, And on the void's black…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: In the Garden

by EmilyDickinsonThe SeaThe SnakeIn the Garden In the Garden A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a…

Christina Rossetti: Summer

SummerWinter is cold-hearted Spring is yea and nay, Autumn is a weather-cock Blown every way: Summer days for me When every leaf is on its tree;When Robin's not a beggar, And Jenny Wren…

The Mummy

Director/Writer: Stephen SommersUniversal; PG-13; 134 minutesRelease: 6/99Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz , John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo Three thousand years ago Imhotep slept with the…

Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Sutcliffe played bass for The Beatles in 1960-61, just before the group turned into the most famous band in the history of rock and roll. Stuart Sutcliffe was born in Scotland; his father was…

Gilbert Gottfried

Stand-up comedian Gilbert Gottfried was easily recognized by his purposefully grating, New York voice, perhaps most famously used in the animated feature Aladdin (1992) as Iago the parrot. Gottfried…