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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 8, 1805
Day 994 Day 996 Clark, November 8, 1805 November 8th Friday 1805 A Cloudy morning Some rain, we did not Set out untill 9 oClock, haveing Changed our Clothing- proceeded on Close under the…Amy Lowell: The Trumpet-Vine Arbour
The Trumpet-Vine ArbourThe throats of the little red trumpet-flowers are wide open, And the clangour of brass beats against the hot sunlight. They bray and blare at the burning sky. Red! Red…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act II, Scene I
Scene ILondon. A streetEnter Corporal Nym and Lieutenant BardolphBardolphWell met, Corporal Nym.NymGood morrow, Lieutenant Bardolph.BardolphWhat, are Ancient Pistol and you friends yet?NymFor…Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 3, 1940)
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: I wish each and every one of you a very happy New Year. As the Congress reassembles, the impact of war…Walt Whitman: Who Learns My Lesson Complete?
Who Learns My Lesson Complete?Who learns my lesson complete? Boss, journeyman, apprentice, churchman and atheist, The stupid and the wise thinker, parents and offspring, merchant, clerk,…Rowing
First Olympic Appearance: 1900 (men); 1976 (women) by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? The coxswain must weigh at least 55 kilos (about 121 pounds) in men's events and 50 kilos in…The King Sends His Own Physician
The King Sends His Own PhysicianEt Rex Ipse Suum MittitMeditationJohn Donne STILL when we return to that meditation that man is a world, we find new discoveries. Let him be a world, and…Fannie Stearns Davis: Water Fantasy
Water FantasyFannie Stearns DavisO brown brook, O blithe brook, what will you say to me If I take off my heavy shoon and wade you childishly? O take them off, and come to me. You shall…An Old Whig: What Does History Teach? (Part 1)
What Does History Teach? (Part 1)An Old WhigReprinted from the [Philadelphia] Independent Gazetteer.27 November 1787by An Old WhigSee also Federalist No. 18, Federalist No. 19, and Federalist…Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Historical BackgroundIn the aftermath of Reconstruction, which ended in 1877, the Southern State governments again became-as they remained in the North-“white man's governments.“ The new…Trending
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