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Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall is the most famous chimpanzee expert in the world. A colleague of anthropologist Louis Leakey in Kenya in the late 1950s, she began studying the social organization of chimpanzees in…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Culture

CultureCan rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous, impressional, Alive to gentle influence Of landscape and of sky, And tender to the spirit-touch Of…

Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 3

Part 3Americanos! conquerors! marches humanitarian! Foremost! century marches! Libertad! masses! For you a programme of chants.Chants of the prairies, Chants of the long-running Mississippi,…

Charles Hedding ROWLAND, Congress, PA (1860-1921)

ROWLAND Charles Hedding , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hancock, Washington County, Md., December 20, 1860; moved to Huntingdon County, Pa., in 1866 and to Houtzdale, Pa., in 1874;…

Luke Evans

Welsh actor Luke Evans has come to be known as a period-piece action hero, thanks to his roles in movies such as The Immortals, The Hobbit and Dracula Untold. A graduate of the London Studio Centre,…

John Donne: Expostulation XX. Id agunt.

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, the God of order, but yet not of ambition, who assignest place to every one, but not contention for place, when shall it be thy pleasure to put an end…

Thomas M. REYNOLDS, Congress, NY (1950)

REYNOLDS Thomas M. , a Representative from New York; born in Belfonte, Centre County, Pa., September 3, 1950; graduated from Springville-Griffith Institute, Springville, N.Y.; attended Kent State…

William Wilson POTTER, Congress, PA (1792-1839)

POTTER William Wilson , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Potters Mills, Pa., December 18, 1792; completed preparatory studies in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., and was graduated from…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Goal

by EmilyDickinsonXXXIVSightThe Goal The Goal Each life converges to some centre Expressed or still; Exists in every human nature A goal, Admitted scarcely to itself, it may be, Too fair…

Boyd WINCHESTER, Congress, KY (1836-1923)

WINCHESTER Boyd , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Ascension Parish, La., September 23, 1836; pursued preparatory studies; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky., and the University of…