ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, thou art a direct God, may I not say a literal God, a God that wouldst be understood literally and according to the plain sense of all that thou sayest…
(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, John, 1740–95, American Revolutionary general, b. Somersworth, N.H. He was a lawyer and a delegate (1774–75, 1780–81) to the Continental Congress but is better remembered as…
Henry C. Yuenhigh technology entrepreneurBorn: 1951Birthplace: China Yuen's family moved came to the United States from China when he was 17 years old. He received a B.S. in mathematics from…
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