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“Sweet” Revenge?

“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) Revenge can be a temptation, a natural desire in the face of a threat or a hurtful act on the part of another. It can certainly seem deserved when an injustice is done. But ...

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Autumn Years: Celebrating Our Grandparents

I didn’t know my two grandfathers well, they both passed away before I was four years old. One let me sit on his lap and listen to his pocket watch, the other shared ice cream sanwhiches with me. Both were first-generation Americans. One left school after sixth-grade, the other attended ...

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Inspiring Winter: Tale of a Dolphin

In December 2005, Winter was a several-month-old bottlenose dolphin living in coastal Florida waters. It was there that she became entangled in a crab trap, her life hanging in the balance. She was rescued and taken to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater, Florida. Sadly, her tail had to be ...

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Lady Mary, Blossom, and Dr. Jenner

She was an inspirational poet, a young mother, and a Smallpox survivor who bore the scarring of the disease. In the early 18th century, she left her home in England to be with her husband in the Ottoman Empire of Europe. While Lady Mary Wortley Montagu lived over 290 years ...

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