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The Devil's Dictionary: Dawn
by Ambrose Bierce DATARYDAYDAWN -n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and…Stanley Dancer
Stanley DancerBorn: July 25, 1927Harness racing winner of 4 Hambletonians; trainer-driver of Triple Crown winners in trotting (Nevele Pride in 1968 and Super Bowl in '72) and pacing (Most…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Bard At Inverary
by Robert Burns Elegy On "Stella"Epigram To Miss Jean ScottThe Bard At Inverary Whoe'er he be that sojourns here, I pity much his case, Unless he comes to wait upon…Sara Teasedale: Doctors
DoctorsEvery night I lie awake And every day I lie abed And hear the doctors, Pain and Death, Conferring at my head.They speak in scientific tones, Professional and low— One argues…Christopher Bowman Biography
figure skaterDied: January 9, 2008 (North Hills, California) Best Known as: former United States figure skating champion A two-time United States figure…The Simpsons
The Simpson family first appeared in 1988 in small animated vignettes on The Tracey Ullman Show. Creator Matt Groening and producer James L. Brooks turned the idea into a full half-hour show, which…Sara Teasdale: Alone
AloneI am alone, in spite of love, In spite of all I take and give — In spite of all your tenderness, Sometimes I am not glad to live.I am alone, as though I stood On the highest peak of…Walt Whitman: To a Historian
To a HistorianYou who celebrate bygones, Who have explored the outward, the surfaces of the races, the life that has exhibited itself, Who have treated of man as the creature of politics…Aesop's Fables: The Eagle and the Cocks
by Aesop The Wolf, the Fox, and the ApeThe Escaped JackdawThe Eagle and the Cocks There were two Cocks in the same farmyard, and they fought to decide who should be master. When the fight…Aeschylus
Although little is known for certain about his life, ancient Athenian Aeschylus has come down to us through history as one of the greatest early dramatists and "the father of Greek tragedy." He…Trending
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