(Side note: Franklin probably wasn't the actual artist for the "Join, or Die" cartoon, which he called an "emblem." The image itself was likely based on French drawing from 1685 of a snake cut in two pieces with the caption "se rejoindre ou mourir," meaning "will join or die.")...
There is more chance of an entire public enlightening itself. This is indeed almost inevitable, if only the public concerned is left in freedom. For there will always be a few who think for themselves, even among those appointed as guardians of the common mass. Such guardians, once they hav...
The crown, made of gold, holds 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls and 4 rubies. Its gems include the St. Edward's Sapphire, which is said to have been discovered in the tomb of St. Edward the Confessor in 1163. The pearls on the crown belonged ...
Go outside – get in the sunshine – exercise – walk around – plant some flowers – mow your grass – breathe in fresh air. Get up and get moving. The air, the wind, the grass, the flowers, the birds, all of these are for your benefit. Use them to help the healing process. ...
One of the 56 famous places is the Red Flag Canal (红旗渠) in Linzhou which was 57 on the side of cliffs (悬崖) of the Taihang Mountains. The area was very dry with low rainfall because of 58 geographical conditions (地理条件). The local people used to live a hard 59 because of ...
On one side is a cabinet filled with numerous GLASS JARS -- hand-extracted plum, tangerine, and fig concentrates. Mun-Kwang picks up the plum bottle and twists the tightly locked lid when -- Yon-Kyo hurtles down the stairs. YON-KYO (CONT’D) I have an idea! This is what we’...
hearts. It will talk of humility, and prate about being dust and ashes. I have known men talk about their corruption most marvellously, pretending to be all humility, while at the same time they were the proudest wretches that could be found this side the gulf of separation. O my friends...
clashed against some of the other characters fromseason threeand earlier. This creates a new problem for anyone watching it since in both these relationships there are numerous contradictions, there has been much side-taking and it is possible to slant things in a variety of different ways. Neve...
Former subpostmaster Tom Hedges clutches a bottle of champagne outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, following the ruling. /Tolga Akmen/AFP Has there been justice for the victims? It took 20 years for campaigners to win a legal battle for their cases to be reconsi...
2 Corinthians 4:16-18(MSG)“So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.”Robin Robinson Bohlin ...