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437 stories Updated Aug 21, 2026 Related desks: Travel & Lifestyle

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Longfellow’s Seaside Memories and the Whimsy of Youth

Longfellow’s Seaside Memories and the Whimsy of Youth

Longfellow, born in Maine and known for Paul Revere's Ride, looked back on his Portland boyhood in "My Lost Youth," with its refrain: "A boy's will is the wind's will."

Robert B. Charles

Theodore Roosevelt's Timeless Lesson on Courage in "Iron Times"

Nine days after Roosevelt praised the last Union veterans as "iron men" on September 5, 1901, President McKinley was shot, and Roosevelt was suddenly called to live those words.

Robert B. Charles

Carpe Diem: What Robert Frost Really Meant About Seizing the Day

Robert Frost's poem "Carpe Diem" argues the opposite of its title, that we live less in the present than in the past, where happiness is finally understood.

Robert B. Charles

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Marcus Aurelius and the Lost Art of Staying Composed

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his 12-volume "Meditations" as private reminders, not a book to publish, and his rule holds: happiness depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Robert B. Charles

Aug 12, 2026 12

Sonny’s Smile: Lessons in Good Cheer from a Maine Logger

A Maine logger who ran a sawmill by day and led a Cub Scout troop by night taught a generation of boys knots, fires, first aid, and common sense.

Robert B. Charles

Theodore Roosevelt's Enduring Lesson: America Is No Accident

In an August 1901 speech, Theodore Roosevelt warned that lip-loyalty counts for little, and that the only homage that matters is deeds, not words.

Robert B. Charles

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Tennyson’s Timeless Truths: Poetry That Still Comforts and Inspires

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AMAC Launches Digital Fairness Coalition, Calls for Stories of Anti-Christian Online Discrimination

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