“Change of Climate and its Influence on Life,” from “History of Creation.”—Ernst Heinrich Haeckel.
Ernst Haeckel, a renowned German naturalist, was born at Potsdam, February 16, 1834, and died in 1919. Among his most famous works are: “On the Division of Labor in Nature and Human Life,” “On the Origin and Genealogy of the Human Race,” “Life in the Great Marine Animals,” “The Arabian Corals,” “The System of the Medusa,” “A Visit to Ceylon,” “Riddle of the Universe,” “Natural History of Creation,” “Souvenirs of Algeria,” “Monoism as Connected with Religion and Science,” etc.
Darlings of the forest!
Blossoming alone
When Earth’s grief is sorest
For her jewels gone—
Ere the last snow-drift melts, your tender buds are blown.
“Trailing Arbutus,”—Rose Terry Cooke.
Mrs. Rose (Terry) Cooke, a noted American poet and short-story writer, was born at West Hartford, Conn., February 17, 1827, and died at Pittsfield, Mass., July 18, 1892. Her complete poems were published in 1888, and her stories were published in book form under the titles: “Somebody’s Neighbors,” “Root-Bound,” “The Sphinx’s Children,” “Happy Dodd,” “Huckleberries,” “Steadfast,” a novel, appeared in 1889.
He [Hampden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.
“History of the Rebellion,” Vol. iii, Book vii,—Edward Hyde Clarendon.
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, a celebrated English historian and statesman, was born at Dinton, Wiltshire, February 18, 1609, and died at Rouen, France, December 9, 1674. His famous works are: “History of the Civil War in Ireland,” “History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England,” “Essay on an Active and Contemplative Life.”
The earth is not the center of the universe.
—Copernicus.