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William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act V, Scene IV
Scene IVA British prisonEnter Posthumus Leonatus and two GaolersFirst GaolerYou shall not now be stol'n, you have locks upon you; So graze as you find pasture.Second GaolerAy, or a stomach.…Love of God, Love of Man, Love of Country
by Frederick Douglass Speech on American Slavery I like radical measures, whether adopted by Abolitionists or slaveholders. I do not know but I like them better when adopted by the latter.…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 4
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 3 Canto 5 Canto 4 The old man took the oars, and soon the bark Smote on the beach beside a tower of stone; It was a crumbling heap, whose portal dark With…Declaration of Independence
(Encyclopedia) Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies…Franklin, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural…American Revolution
(Encyclopedia) American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is…Nat's New Year
Nat's New Year“I don't expect to hear from Emil yet, and Nat writes regularly, but where is Dan? Only two or three postals since he went. Such an energetic fellow as he is could buy up all…Heartache
HeartacheWhatever his motive might have been, Laurie studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor, and gave the Latin oration with the grace of a Phillips and the eloquence…A Merry Christmas
A Merry ChristmasJo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when…The Pivot of Civilization: Science the Ally
A Moral Necessity Education and Expression Science the Ally "There is but one hope. Ignorance, poverty, and vice must stop populating the world. This cannot be done by…