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"Theirs not to reason why/

Theirs but to do and die."

"Better to have loved and lost..."

Alfred Tennyson:

http://home.att.net/%7ETennysonPoetry/index.htm

Founder of the science of human chemistry

Johann Goethe:

http://www.goetheanscience.org/index.php

Robert Louis Stevenson's picture
 
 
Treasure Island

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson:  

http://dinamico.unibg.it/rls/rls.htm

Image:Leaning Tower of Pisa.jpg

Leaning Tower of Pisa:

http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/index_eng.html

Famous American illustrator

Norman Rockwell:

http://www.normanrockwell.com/index.php

 

William Congreve in 1709
William Congreve in 1709
William Congreve:
 
 
 
 
 
Johannes Brahms:
 
 
Sound Bite:
 
Snoopy vs The Red Baron (Royal Guardsmen)
 
 
Snoopy's Christmas
 
 
 
Albert Einstein, 1905
Albert Einstein, 1905

"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem to characterize our age..."

Albert Einstein

Audio File:

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/voice1.htm

Video:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0313_060313_einstein_video.html

Biography:

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Einstein.html


"We should often be ashamed of our very best actions if the world only saw the motives that caused them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld:

http://www.immediex.com/rochefoucauld.html

 

Coast Cruise Ship webcams:

http://www.coast.ag/webcam.html

Music Video:

Gotta Get A Message To You (Bee Gees)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmI4Qh03IKM

 

Biltmore Castle:

http://www.biltmore.com/

A bronze Arthur plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield wearing Kastenbrust armour (early 15th century) by Peter Vischer, typical of later anachronistic depictions of Arthur
 
King Arthur and Camelot:
 
 
The "Winchester Round Table", 13th century
The "Winchester Round Table", 13th century
King Arthur presides the Round Table.
King Arthur presides at the Round Table.

Knights of the Round Table:

http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/roundtable.html

Stonehenge:

http://www.stonehengelaserscan.org/index.html

 

Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham.
Robin Hood memorial statue in Nottingham.

Robin Hood:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/robin_01.shtml

Theodor Seuss Geisel

At work on a drawing of the grinch for "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1957)

 

Image:Seuss-cat-hat.gif

Seussville:

http://www.seussville.com/lb/bio.html


Edward Teach
c. 1660 - November 22, 1718

Blackbeard (18th century lithograph)

Blackbeard:

http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/Blackbeard/default.htm

 
John Steinbeck's Mother Road
 
The leaning water tower, found east of Groom, Texas along I-40 (old U.S. Route 66)
The leaning water tower, found east of Groom, Texas along I-40 (old U.S. Route 66)

Route 66 Federation:

http://www.national66.com/

Route 66 Preservation Foundation:

http://www.cart66pf.org/


Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe:

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_daniel_defoe.html

 

Image:William Kidd.jpg

Captain Kidd:

http://www.piratesinfo.com/biography/biography.php?article_id=36

The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background
The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background

The Sphinx:

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/

 

The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift from HMAV Bounty, 29 April 1789. By Robert Dodd
The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift from HMAV Bounty, 29 April 1789. By Robert Dodd

Mutiny on the Bounty:

http://www.onlinepitcairn.com/history.htm

Victor logo with the famous "Nipper" dog.
Victor logo with the famous "Nipper" dog.

Nipper the curious dog:

http://www2.danbbs.dk/~erikoest/nipper.htm

Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley found and raised:

http://www.pbs.org/saf/1305/segments/1305-1.htm

The Hatfield clan in 1897.

The Hatfield-McCoy feud:

http://www.libby-genealogy.com/hatfield-mccoy.htm

Sound Bite:

Sunspot Baby (Bob Seger):

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Ode to a Nightingale

John Keats:

http://www.john-keats.com/

The Pied Piper leads the children.
The Pied Piper leads the children.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin:

http://rickwalton.com/folktale/bryant62.htm

 

Wilhelm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right) from an 1855 painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
Wilhelm (left) and Jacob Grimm (right) from an 1855 painting.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Brothers Grimm:

http://www.grimmstories.com/

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo:

http://www.hugo-online.org/

 

Francis Scott Key
 
Star-Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key:

http://www.usflag.org/history/francisscottkey.html

... and Mr. Peabody (Rogan) cartoon ... 

http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/ideas.wav

[Gainsborough - art print, poster - The Blue Boy] 

Blue Boy

Thomas Gainsborough:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gainsborough/

Sound Bite:

Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)

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