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Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 4

Part 4Muscle and pluck forever! What invigorates life invigorates death, And the dead advance as much as the living advance, And the future is no more uncertain than the present, For the…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XVIII

Sonnet XVII Sonnet XIX XVIII Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all…

Orchard by Hilda Doolittle

OrchardI saw the first pear As it fell — The honey-seeking, golden-banded, The yellow swarm Was not more fleet than I, (Spare us from loveliness) And I fell prostrate Crying: You have flayed…

Post Office Motto

The Question: I roughly recall that the motto of the U.S. Postal Service is in part, "Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night . . ." How does the rest go? Who wrote it? And…

Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko sprang to international prominence in 2004, when he ran for president of the Ukraine against the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, then forced a re-vote after the…

Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is the superstar boxer who used mettle and defensive prowess to go undefeated in 48 pro fights from 1996-2015. Boxing runs in Mayweather’s family: his father, Floyd Mayweather…

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift was a handsome and troubled leading man of stage and screen, most widely known for his Oscar-nominated performance as Pvt. Prewitt in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity.…