The Honeybee
From the book Birds and Bees by John Burroughs, here are a few excerpts describing honeybees, transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-honeybee.pdf
The Lantern-Bearers
Here is an excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1888 essay The Lantern-Bearers, in which he describes the “sport” of “lantern-bearing” practiced by him in his youth. I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-lantern-bearers.pdf
Anton van Leeuwenhoek: “He Discovered an Invisible World”
While double-lens microscopes appeared early in the 17th century, these microscopes could only magnify objects up to 20 to 30 times its size. As a result, the microscopic world as we know it today was largely unknown then. It was not until Anton van Leeuwenhoek created a single-lens hand-ground lens microscope that could amplify objects…
Galileo Galilei: “But It Does Move”
One of the greatest scientists of all time, Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. His scientific contributions have a profound impact in modern science, not only because of his specific discoveries in physics and astronomy, but by the methodical way he approached his research, forming the basis of…
Archimedes: “I Can Move the World”
Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, who lived during the third century B.C. In this essay by the Russian-born American scientist Isaac Asimov from his book Breakthroughs in Science, he talks about the life and achievements of Archimedes. I transcribed in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: archimedes-I-can-move-the-world.pdf
America the Beautiful
Katharine Lee Bates, an English professor at Wellesley College, wrote a poem titled Pikes Peak as she was traveling to Colorado Springs by rail to teach a summer course at Colorado College in 1893. The poem was published two years later commemorating the 4th of July, and Bates edited it at various times until arriving…
The Star-Spangled Banner
Written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he had witnessed the bombing of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD, here is the original version of the national anthem of the United States, as he penned it, transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Set to the melody to The…
I Hear America Singing
Here is one of Walt Whitman’s most famous poems, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: i-hear-america-singing.pdf
Un souvenir de mon enfance
Pierre Loti, nom de plume of French Navy Captain Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, was not only an officer but a writer as well. Born in Rochefort on the west coast France in 1850, his house located on a street there that bears his name, is currently a museum noted for its exotic and original style décor…
Proclamation 1335 – Flag Day
June 14 marks the celebration of Flag Day in the United States, and while it is not an official federal holiday, it is still recognized and celebrated across the land, especially since June 14 is also the birthday of the U.S. Army, which was established in 1775. Here is the official proclamation of Flag Day,…