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The Water of Life
The Water of Life Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once fell very ill—so ill that nobody thought he could live…Berkman & Goldman: Address of Harold A. Content, Assistant United States Attorney, to the Jury
Emma Goldman's Address to the JuryThe Court's ChargeAddress of Harold A. Content, Assistant United States Attorney, to the Jury GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY: Unfortunately I am sadly lacking…Baron Munchausen: Supplement
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron slips through the...Supplement Extraordinary flight on the back of an eagle, over France to Gibraltar, South and North America, the Polar Regions,…Timeline: The Taliban - 2006-Present
Key dates in the history of the Taliban and Contemporary Afghanistan 1979-2000 2001 2002-2006 2006-present 2006 September The Taliban fight back with renewed strength.…The Celtic Twilight: Dreams That Have No Moral
by W. B. Yeats The Friends of the People of FaeryBy the RoadsideDreams That Have No Moral The friend who heard about Maive and the hazel-stick went to the workhouse another day. She found…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!
Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart! Unlike our uses and our destinies. Our ministering two angels look surprise On one another, as they strike…Amy Lowell: To a Friend
To a FriendI ask but one thing of you, only one, That always you will be my dream of you; That never shall I wake to find untrue All this I have believed and rested on, Forever vanished,…Margaret Truman Daniel Biography
U.S. president's daughter, author, and singerDied: January 29, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) Best Known as: President Truman's daughter, best-selling author, and concert singer…Collis P. Huntington Biography
Collis P. Huntingtonrailroad executiveBorn: 10/22/1821Birthplace: Harwinton, Conn. Like his future partner, Mark Hopkins, Huntington moved his mercantile business west to capitalize on the…Mo’Nique
Name at birth: Monique Imes Mo'Nique is the hefty, hearty, "phat and fabulous" comedienne whose turn as a bitterly abusive mother in the 2009 film Precious won her an Academy Award as best supporting…