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LimerickOrigin: 1895–1900; after Limerick; allegedly from social gatherings where the group sang “Will you come up to Limerick?” after each set of verses, extemporized in turn by the members of the party

A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem,[1] especially one in five-line anapestic or amphibrachic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century.[2] It was popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century,[3] although he did not use the term.

The following limerick is of unknown origin:

The limerick packs laughs anatomicalIn space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seenSo seldom are cleanAnd the clean ones so seldom are comical.[4]

The Mimeograph

Pneumatic Tube System

The World Federalist Association is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with members in forty-eight states. It has 350 chapters in thirty-nine states, a chapter in Hawaii and state-wide branches in twenty-seven states. The primary purpose of the organization is: (1) to achieve permanent peace through universal disarmament enforced by law; (2) to release for the satisfaction of human needs the resources that at present must be used in continuous preparation for war; (3) to maintain and promote human freedom, and to mobilize support for free institutions among all peoples; (4) to secure to all peoples the right to develop according to their own customs and traditions. Based entirely in the United States it is one of the largest member organizations of the World Federalist Movement. While the two organizations work closely together on many programs they are incorporated separately, with separate staffs, headquarters, and governing boards.

The United World Federalists

Hiroshima: 66,000

Nagasaki: 60,000- 80,000

Holocaust: 11 million

Dresden: 35-135 thousand

The Children’s Crusade- 1212

1212

Christian Children were intended to go to the Holy land and convert

Muslims, when they got to Italy most were sold into slavery.

The Waking by Theodore Roethke

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?I hear my being dance from ear to ear.I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to doTo you and me, so take the lively air,And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.What falls away is always. And is near.I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I learn by going where I have to go.

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