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437 A Million Miracles Now - "A Bird, came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson

The History of Literature

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Cool Papa Bell - The Fastest Man Ever

There's a great player from the negro baseball leagues, historical player. His name is cool papa bell and he may have been the fastest human who has ever lived. He was clocked running the bases in 12 seconds flat, which is a full second faster than anyone else has ever been clocked. The stories about him were legendary. About his speed, he put down a sacrifice bunt along the third base line and the pitcher tagged him out sliding into third dear's how fast e wa they said he could turn out the lights and be under the covers before the lights actually turned off. When you're a hero and a legend like jesse owens, you don't take on an

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