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As Forkas sees it, the alternative to building the tower on Longfellow's campus is settling on a less-desirable location.

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"Every newspaper in the U.S. printed poems," says Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. "At the end of Longfellow's life, his birthday was like a national holiday."

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The illustration from the original article in Harper's new monthly magazine that sparked Longfellow's poetic imagination.

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Longfellow's body was found before dawn Saturday at Phuket's Yanui Paradise Resort with several stab wounds in his chest.

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John J. Miller, in the Journal, relates how Longfellow's poem transformed Revere from a footnote in history to a hero of the American Revolution.

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The illustration from the original article in Harper's new monthly magazine that sparked Longfellow's poetic imagination.

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Longfellow's passport was issued in Littleton, Colorado, according to Thai police.

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Longfellow's passport said he came from Littleton, Colorado, police said.

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Longfellow's mother, Tammy Longfellow of Norman, Oklahoma City, told Oklahoma City television station her son had traveled to Thailand to gain more knowledge about Thai kickboxing.

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  And perhaps to begin their study of poetry with Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" rather than Sexton's "Wanting to Die".

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