The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight.
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Philadelphia: A city on the brink of chaos
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By Christopher Harper I spent nearly 16 years in Philadelphia. I enjoyed an
occasional trip to watch the Phillies or the Eagles. The museums are
excellent,...
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Or they can wind up like this:
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.'...
Edgar Allan Poe
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