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Ernst Moritz Arndt
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
The Fastest Animals on Earth
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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Born December 26, 1769 • Sweden
Died January 29, 1860 (aged 90) • Bonn • Germany
Notable Works “Germanien und Europa” • “Reisen durch einen Theil Deutschlands, Ungarns, Italiens, und Frankreichs in den Jahren 1798/99” • “Spirit of the Times” • “Versuch einer Geschichte der Leibeigenschaft in Pommern und Rügen”
Subjects Of Study Germany
Becher, Johannes Robert
Johannes Robert Becher
German writer and government official
Conradus Celtis
German scholar
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
“Father of gymnastics”
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German educator
Alfred Hugenberg
German political leader
Heinrich von Sybel
German historian
Heinrich Gagern, detail from a lithograph by Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst, 1825
Heinrich, baron von Gagern
German politician
Hans Christoph, baron von Gagern
German politician and writer
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
German author
Maximilian, baron von Gagern
German diplomat and politician
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Ernst Hasse
German nationalist
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
August Thyssen
German industrialist
Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
chancellor of Germany

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form