HOPE Clifford Ragsdale , a Representative from Kansas; born in Birmingham, Van Buren County,
Iowa, June 9, 1893; attended the public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan
University, Lincoln, Nebr.; was…
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Since I hoped I dared;
Everywhere alone
As a church remain;
Spectre cannot harm,
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He deposes doom,
Who hath suffered…
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by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Fragment of a Sonnet
Sonnet
To Harriet
Published, 5-13, by Forman, "Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1876; 58-69, by Shelley, "Notes to Queen Mab", 1813; and entire (from…
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Cromwell says, “Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy,” i.e. our horse picket sent forward to reconnoitre approached within a mile of the enemy's camp. (German, verloren…
DRIGGS Edmund Hope , a Representative from New York;
born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 2, 1865;
attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn;
became engaged in the casualty-insurance…
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(Encyclopedia) Moltmann, JürgenMoltmann, Jürgenjûrˈgən mōltˈmən [key], 1926–, German Protestant theologian. Moltmann was professor of systematic theology at Tübingen Univ. (1958–67). A prolific…
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