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Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 2
Part 2Welcome are all earth's lands, each for its kind, Welcome are lands of pine and oak, Welcome are lands of the lemon and fig, Welcome are lands of gold, Welcome are lands of wheat and…Elvia Niebla Biography
Elvia NieblascientistBorn: 3/12/1945Birthplace: Nogales, Ariz. Niebla received an associate of arts degree from Fullerton Junior College in 1965 and a BS in zoology and chemistry from the…Robert Marion BERRY, Congress, AR (1942)
BERRY Robert Marion , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Ark., August 27, 1942; graduated from DeWitt High School, DeWitt, Ark.; B.S., University of Arkansas for…Alexander DE WITT, Congress, MA (1798-1879)
DE WITT Alexander , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Braintree, Mass., April 2, 1798; pursued an academic course; engaged in textile manufacturing in Oxford; member of the State…Donald Joseph ALBOSTA, Congress, MI (1925)
ALBOSTA Donald Joseph , a Representative from Michigan; born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., December 5, 1925; attended Saginaw and Chesaning public schools; graduated Chesaning Agricultural…King William II
England's King William II, also known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and his successor to the throne. His reign lasted from 1087 until he died from an arrow injury in…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: A Causeway
53 55 A Causeway A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the mud. "Madam," said a Policeman, "I cannot…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: LXIV
Sonnet LXIII Sonnet LXV LXIV When I have seen by Time's fell hand defac'd The rich-proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I see down-raz'd, And brass eternal slave…The Devil's Dictionary: War
by Ambrose Bierce WALL STREETWASHINGTONIANWAR -n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity. The student of history who…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Father and Son
The Foolish Woman The Discontented Malefactor Father and Son "MY boy," said an aged Father to his fiery and disobedient Son, "a hot temper is the soil of remorse. Promise me that…