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Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 5

Part 5From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, Going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing,…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 6

Part 6Now if a thousand perfect men were to appear it would not amaze me, Now if a thousand beautiful forms of women appear'd it would not astonish me.Now I see the secret of the making…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 7

Part 7Here is the efflux of the soul, The efflux of the soul comes from within through embower'd gates, ever provoking questions, These yearnings why are they? these thoughts in the…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 8

Part 8The efflux of the soul is happiness, here is happiness, I think it pervades the open air, waiting at all times, Now it flows unto us, we are rightly charged.Here rises the fluid and…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 9

Part 9Allons! whoever you are come travel with me! Traveling with me you find what never tires.The earth never tires, The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: X ("A little road")

by EmilyDickinsonThe GrassSummer ShowerX A little road not made of man, Enabled of the eye, Accessible to thill of bee, Or cart of butterfly. If town it have, beyond itself, 'T is that I…

Peutinger, Konrad

(Encyclopedia) Peutinger, KonradPeutinger, Konradkônˈrät poiˈtĭng–ər [key], 1465–1547, German antiquarian, diplomat, politician, and economist. One of the earliest writers in Germany on Roman…

Freyssinet, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Freyssinet, EugèneFreyssinet, Eugèneözhĕnˈ frāsēnāˈ [key], 1879–1962, French engineer. Freyssinet was noted as a designer of bridges and industrial buildings. He was the inventor of…

Grand Canal

(Encyclopedia) Grand Canal, Chinese Da Yunhe [large transit river], longest in the world, extending c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) from Beijing to Hangzhou, E China, and forming an important north-south…