Hiawatha (train) Hiawatha (train) The Hiawathas were a fleet of named passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road) between Chicago and various destinations in the Midwest and Western United States. The most notable of these trains was the original "Twin Cities Hiawatha", which served the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The train was named for the epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The first "Hiawatha" trains ran in 1935. By 1948, five routes carried the "Hiawatha" name: The "Twin Cities Hiawatha" was the original "Hiawatha", beginning service between
The Iliad or the Poem of Force The Iliad or the Poem of Force "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force" () is a 24-page essay written in 1939 by Simone Weil. The essay is about Homer's epic poem the "Iliad" and contains reflections on the conclusions one can draw from the epic regarding the nature of force in human affairs. Weil's work was first published in 1940 under the title "L'Iliade ou le poème de la force" in "Les Cahiers du Sud". "Cahiers" has been described as the only significant literary magazine available in the French free zone when the essay was first released. The first