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Ermine Street

(Encyclopedia) Ermine Street, Saxon name for the Roman road in Britain that ran from London to Lincoln and York. It was one of the four main highways of Saxon England. The name is derived from the…

Oberlin, Jean Frédéric

(Encyclopedia) Oberlin, Jean FrédéricOberlin, Jean FrédériczhäN frādārēkˈ ôbĕrlăNˈ [key], 1740–1826, Alsatian Lutheran clergyman. He was appointed in 1767 to a pastorate in Ban-de-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin…

Cumbernauld

(Encyclopedia) Cumbernauld, town, near Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, SW Scotland. Cumbernauld, the 15th of Britain's new towns, was designated in 1955 to…

Norfolk, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) NorfolkNorfolk[1,] [2] nôrˈfək; [2] nôrˈfôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,476), Madison co., NE Nebr., on the Elkhorn River; inc. 1881. A trade and railroad center in a fertile farming…

Stephen Crane: There was one I met upon the road

There was one I met upon the road Who looked at me with kind eyes. He said: "Show me of your wares." And I did, Holding forth one, He said: "It is a sin." Then I held forth another. He said…

Road Show: A Guide to Summer Music Festivals

by Beth Rowen The Smashing PumpkinsSource:Archive Photos Sarah McLachlanSource:Archive Photos School's out and that means summer entertainment is in full swing. There's no shortage of…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 1

Part 1Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 2

Part 2You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here, I believe that much unseen is also here.Here the profound lesson of reception, nor preference nor…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 3

Part 3You air that serves me with breath to speak! You objects that call from diffusion my meanings and give them shape! You light that wraps me and all things in delicate equable showers!…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 4

Part 4The earth expanding right hand and left hand, The picture alive, every part in its best light, The music falling in where it is wanted, and stopping where it is not wanted, The…