TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS
Two boys were walking in the campus of the Bridgeville
Academy. They were apparently of about the same
age—somewhere from fifteen to sixteen—but
there wa...
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Horatio Alger (1832-1899) was the American author of prodigiously popular and influential juvenile novels and biographies.Horatio Alger was born in Revere, Mass., the son of a Unitarian minister. The ...
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Perhaps the quality which has been most closely identified with the American spirit is success. Success--upward mobility, material prosperity acquired through hard work and shrewd ability--has been fo...
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Munich (dpa) - Owen Hargreaves will leave Bayern Munich for newly
crowned English Premiership champions Manchester United for a fee in
the region of 25 million euros (34 mil...
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President Bush on Tuesday honored 147 police officers killed on duty in 2006, offering a short speech of gratitude and a long period of personal greetings for grieving family members.Bush paid trib...
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Casting himself as the candidate best positioned to end the Iraq war, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has launched a new Web site, http://www.headtohead08.com , to contrast his statements on the Iraq confl...
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Casting himself as the candidate best positioned to end the Iraq war, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has launched a new Web site, http://www.headtohead08.com , to contrast his statements on the Iraq confl...
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Street Sense had a much easier time making it to the Kentucky Derby winner's circle than his owner.While the dark bay colt dashed to the finish line at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Jim Tafel had to...
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Jockey Calvin Borel's nickname is "Bo-rail," a moniker he earned by hugging the fence whenever he gets a chance. His logic for doing so is flawless: "It's the shortest way around the track."On Satu...
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The country's chief justice returned to the Supreme Court Saturday for the first time since being suspended by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, making his way through jubilant crowds before deliver...
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Johnny Benson was in the lead with a sweet-handling truck on one of his favorite tracks, but he still didn't like the sight of aggressive veteran Ron Hornaday Jr. in his rearview mirror."Any time R...
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The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient said he would have canceled his wedding trip to Europe and gone into isolation if federal health officials had told him to after he was diagnosed with a dang...
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Making His Way
Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger, Jr.
ROUNDUP: Klose in the frame as Hargreaves makes his way to ManchesterUnited=
