(Encyclopedia) Laing, R. D. (Ronald David Laing)Laing, R. D.lăng [key], 1927–89, British psychiatrist. After studying at Univ. of Glasgow (M.D., 1951), he taught there (1953–56), later moving to the…
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To SleepWhy did I laugh to-night? No v...When I have fears that I may cease to be When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain,
Before high-piled…
The day is gone, and all its s...I cry your mercy-pity-love!-aye, love!Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the…
La Belle Dame sans MerciModern LoveLines Rhymed in a Letter from Oxford I The Gothic looks solemn,
The plain Doric column
Supports an old Bishop and Crosier;
The mouldering arch,
Shaded…
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Edward R. Murrow(Egbert Roscoe Murrow)news broadcasterBorn: 4/24/1908Birthplace: Pole Creek, North Carolina Emmy Award-winning radio and news broadcaster remembered for his work as CBS's war…
PrayerJohn Donne O MOST mighty God, and merciful God, the God of all true sorrow, and true joy too, of all fear, and of all hope too, as thou hast given me a repentance, not to be repented of…
Frederick R. Weismanbusinessman, art collector, philanthropistBorn: 1912Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn. Weisman embodies the stereotypical American Dream. Raised in a household headed by his…
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