The Ashes in the SeaN. M. F.George SterlingWhither, with blue and pleading eyes, —
Whither, with cheeks that held the light
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Evadne, was thy flight?Such…
(Encyclopedia) Ladd, George Trumbull, 1842–1921, American philosopher, b. Painesville, Ohio, grad. Western Reserve Univ., 1864, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1869. He taught at Yale from 1881…
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(Encyclopedia) McClellan, George Brinton, Jr., 1865–1940, American politician and educator, b. Dresden, Saxony, Germany; son of Gen. George B. McClellan. He studied law and joined (1889) Tammany Hall…
Frank M. Johnson, Jr.Age: 80 uncompromising federal judge from Alabama whose rulings helped desegregate many of Montgomery's public facilities and cleared the way for Martin Luther King Jr.…
Earl M. RamerAge: 84 former NCAA president in 1971 and 1972 and 34-year member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; served two decades as faculty athletics…
John M. FordAge: 49 author who wrote several science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous poems and short stories. His work often drew upon, and played with the conventions of, multiple…
(Encyclopedia) Eastman, George, 1854–1932, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. Waterville, N.Y. By mass production of his photographic inventions, Eastman enormously stimulated…
(Encyclopedia) Stoneman, George, 1822–94, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Busti, N.Y. As commander of Fort Brown, Tex., in Feb., 1861, he refused to obey the order of General Twiggs to…
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