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Kaushitaki-Upanishad: Second Adhyâya

Second Adhyâya 1. Prâna (breath) is Brahman, thus says Kaushitaki. Of this prâna, which is Brahman, the mind (manas) is the messenger, speech the housekeeper, the eye the guard, the…

Christina Rossetti: Martyrs' Song

Martyrs' SongWe meet in joy, though we part in sorrow; We part to-night, but we meet to-morrow. Be it flood or blood the path that's trod, All the same it leads home to God: Be it furnace-…

Walt Whitman: From Noon to Starry Night

From Noon to Starry NightThou Orb Aloft Full-DazzlingFacesThe Mystic TrumpeterTo a Locomotive in WinterO Magnet-SouthMannahattaAll Is TruthA Riddle SongExcelsiorAh Poverties, Wincings, and…

Pitching Perfection

Yankees' David Cone achieves a flawless game by Mike Morrison On Sunday, July 18, New York Yankees pitcher David Cone accomplished one of the rarest feats in sports - the perfect game. Cone was…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 21, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 20, 1805May 22, 1805May 21, 1805 Tuesday May 21st 1805 A delightfull morning set out at an early hour and proceeded on very well, imployed…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 24, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 23, 1805June 25, 1805June 24, 1805 Monday June 24th 1805. Supposing that Drewyer and R. Fields might possibly be still higher up medicine…

Brewer's: Bird's-eye View

A mode of perspective drawing in which the artist is supposed to be over the objects delineated, in which case he beholds them as a bird in the air would see them. A general view. Source…

Brewer's: Birmingham Poet

John Freeth, who died at the age of seventy-eight in 1808. He was wit, poet, and publican, who not only wrote the words and tunes of songs, but sang them also, and sang them well. Source…