TheKnowOwl
Explore the archive through editorial features, geography, and historical collections.
New Jersey
Beautifully detailed map of Blairstown, NJ from 1883
Detailed bird's eye view of Blairstown, NJ from 1883
Michigan
Beautiful old map of Coleman, Michigan from 1884
Detailed bird's eye view of Coleman, Michigan in the late 19th century
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There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don’t turn and look back
Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the...
Michigan
Beautifully detailed map of Clare, Michigan from 1884
Detailed bird's eye view of Clare, Michigan in 1884
Pennsylvania
Beautifully detailed map of New Kensington, PA 1896
Detailed bird's eye view of New Kensington, PA in 1896
Kansas
Map of Historic Kansas, a one page history dedicated to the Old Timers, 1930
Beautifully detailed pictorial map of Kansas, 1930
Massachusetts
Beautifully detailed map of Hyde Park, Massachusetts from 1879
Historic bird's eye view of Hyde Park, Massachusetts in 1879
Massachusetts
Beautifully restored map of Marblehead, MA from 1882
Detailed bird's eye view of Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1882
Massachusetts
Beautifully restored map of East Cambridge, MA from 1879
Detailed bird's eye view of East Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1879
Massachusetts
Aerial map of Boston, Charlestown and Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1853
This map of Boston by Benjamin Rees Davies was published in 1853 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The society was…
Wisdom
Every true prayer is answered
True prayer is cooperative. You can not properly ask God to relieve you of...
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Always listen to good advice
It is always advantageous to listen to advice, since you always have the ability to ignore it...
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Make daily progress toward your goals
Daily conditioning and discipline are necessary to form positive habits. Every person has...
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Increase Your Faith and Courage
Cultivate and encourage within yourself only those thoughts which you know will increase...
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A place of distinction for you
Your degree of success is not measured by what you say and promise, but by what you...
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Golden opportunities await you
Dare to originate, initiate, experiment, and explore. Do not hesitate to venture into new...
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Cultivate sunshine of the mind
Get your enjoyment out of life daily and hourly as you go along. Do not wait for holidays and...
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Use today’s opportunities today
Every day you should plan, initiate, aspire, resolve, systematize, eliminate, concentrate...
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Faith makes all things possible
Have faith in God. Walk by faith. Faith increases righteousness. Faith without works is dead...
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Look for the best in everything
Look always for the pleasant, the beautiful, and the constructive. Life is too precious to be frittered away on useless, negative, depressing things. Cultivate a…
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Keep your mind filled with good thoughts
There are subtle forms of evil which you should guard yourself against as you would against...