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On the isle where the nations throng.
We call them "scum o' the earth";Stay, are we doing you wrong,
Young fellow…
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Act IIIScene IA field near FrogmoreEnter Sir Hugh Evans and SimpleSir Hugh EvansI pray you now, good master Slender's serving-man, and friend Simple by your name, which way have you looked…
(Encyclopedia) star cluster, a group of stars near each other in space and resembling each other in certain characteristics that suggest a common origin for the group. Stars in the same cluster move…
Sura XVI — The BeeMecca — 128 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful THE doom of God cometh to pass. Then hasten it not. Glory be to Him! High let Him be exalted above…
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
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When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a…
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