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Attorney Career Profile

Anne E. Winans Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am an attorney for a municipal water supplier. I represent the water department in acquiring…

The Celtic Twilight: War

by W. B. Yeats A Remonstrance with Scotsmen f...The Queen and the FoolWar When there was a rumour of war with France a while ago, I met a poor Sligo woman, a soldier's widow, that I know…

The Devil's Dictionary: Female

by Ambrose Bierce FELONFIBFEMALE -n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails…

Chemistry: Dilutions

DilutionsChemistrySolutionsWhat Are Solutions?How and Why Do Things Dissolve?Determining the Concentration of a SolutionFactors That Affect SolubilityDilutions Let's say that I want to make as…

Jo's Journal

Jo's JournalNew York, NovemberDear Marmee and Beth,I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got heaps to tell, though I'm not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. When I…

British Parliament: The Quartering Act of 1765

The Quartering Act of 1765British Parliament24 March 1765An act to amend and render more effectual, in his Majesty's dominions in America, an act passed in this present session of parliament…

Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy

The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…

Amy Lowell: Two Travellers in the Place Vendome

Two Travellers in the Place VendomeReign of Louis PhilippeA great tall column spearing at the sky With a little man on top. Goodness! Tell me why? He looks a silly thing enough to stand up…

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,…