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The fatal shooting of President William McKinley in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. "Goodbye, all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done." [1] [note 1] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
William Bernard Brahms (born October 1, 1966) is an American librarian, encyclopedist, author and historian best known for his encyclopedic works on historical "lasts" (as opposed to "firsts"), in particular, the reference works Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events Throughout History (2005) and Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More ...
Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in Youth: 1793 Lines 1789 Written while sailing in a boat at Evening "How richly glows the water's breast" Poems of Sentiment and Reflection; Poems Written in Youth: 1798 Remembrance of Collins 1789 Composed upon the Thames near Richmond "Glide gently, thus for ever glide," Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in ...
His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office. Some 19th-century U.S. presidents who wrote autobiographies are James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant ...
Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to serve as president in more than a decade when he took the oath of office on January 20, 1993. Maya Angelou read an original poem "On the Pulse of Morning ...
Beyond the letters themselves, the book is noteworthy for two short pieces by Burroughs. The anarchic "Roosevelt After Inauguration", a savage parody of American politics in which "a purple-assed baboon" is appointed to the United States Supreme Court, was omitted from the original edition of the book on the grounds it might be considered obscene; it was subsequently issued as a chapbook later ...
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry. MacLeish studied English at Yale University and law at Harvard University.