Isaac Casaubon

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

6 Important Mughal Emperors

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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Born	February 18, 1559 • Geneva • Switzerland
Died	July 1, 1614 (aged 55) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	Athenaeus

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Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Martin Opitz

German poet

Maximus Planudes

Byzantine scholar and theologian

Paul Shorey

American scholar

Alexander Pope

English author

Ted Hughes

British poet

Richard Bentley

British scholar

Jacques Amyot

French scholar

Benjamin Jowett

English scholar

Sylvia Townsend Warner

British author

Anne Ridler

British writer

Richard Porson

English scholar

Anne Dacier

French scholar and translator

Florent Chrestien

French author

Sir Edward Howard Marsh

British scholar

Jacques Borel

French author

Thomas Tickell

English writer

John Langhorne

English poet

Wilhelm Carl Grimm

German author, folklorist, and philologist

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