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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Famous Duels

Painting titled: "Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention" oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856; in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Note from museum) The painting represents George Washington's role as president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The normally reserved Washington urges passage of a new federal constitution, a draft of which he holds in his hands.

How Many of the Signers of the U.S. Constitution Were Enslavers?

Detail of a concept image of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. We the People

How Many People Signed the U.S. Constitution?

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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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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History of Technology Timeline

United States Electoral College votes by state

How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?

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7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Poet John Milton

John Milton

English poet

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

British writer

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

United States statesman

Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser

English poet

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish author and clergyman

Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.

Daniel Defoe

English author

William Penn

William Penn

English Quaker leader and colonist

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

British-American author

Lucian

Greek writer

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.

John Gay

British author

portrait of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier

American author

Thomas Nashe

English writer

Rolland

Romain Rolland

French writer

Arthur Young

English writer

Desmoulins, Camille

Camille Desmoulins

French journalist

Thomas Lodge

English writer

Marcus Terentius Varro

Roman author