Current Encyclopedia, a Monthly Record of Human Progress, Volume 20International Magazine Company, 1911 |
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... given in this book , but the way in which the humble worker can get the best out of a piece of ground the size of a handkerchief is also here . Just how evergreens may be moved successfully , and how a window - box may be conducted with ...
... given in this book , but the way in which the humble worker can get the best out of a piece of ground the size of a handkerchief is also here . Just how evergreens may be moved successfully , and how a window - box may be conducted with ...
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... given " the finest position in the world to which a man in my profession could aspire . " He succeeds Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and is the first American selected Mr. Robinson was born in Boston in 1858 , and graduated from Harvard in ...
... given " the finest position in the world to which a man in my profession could aspire . " He succeeds Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and is the first American selected Mr. Robinson was born in Boston in 1858 , and graduated from Harvard in ...
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... given some excellent perform- ances . It had produced good operas and produced them well . This fact , taken in connection with a long campaign of flam- boyant advertising relative to " Salome , " was the occasion of the first ...
... given some excellent perform- ances . It had produced good operas and produced them well . This fact , taken in connection with a long campaign of flam- boyant advertising relative to " Salome , " was the occasion of the first ...
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... given a new lease on life . In Rochester these clubs have banquets at which the mayor presides and the governor of the state responds to the principal toast . The schoolhouse is now considered the proper place for a citizen's feast ...
... given a new lease on life . In Rochester these clubs have banquets at which the mayor presides and the governor of the state responds to the principal toast . The schoolhouse is now considered the proper place for a citizen's feast ...
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... given ,. Harvesting at the Higher Primary School of Charlieu THE DAY'S WORK AT ONE OF THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. BY OLUMELLUS , a learned Roman country gentle- man of the first century , who knew how to exploit his estate to the ...
... given ,. Harvesting at the Higher Primary School of Charlieu THE DAY'S WORK AT ONE OF THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. BY OLUMELLUS , a learned Roman country gentle- man of the first century , who knew how to exploit his estate to the ...
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Page 294 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would, under similar circumstances, fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 166 - And we concur with the court below in holding that the value of the property is to be determined as of the time when the inquiry is made regarding the rates. If the property, which legally enters into the consideration of the question of rates, has increased in value since it was acquired, the company is entitled to the benefit of such increase.
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Page 35 - Let me be a free man — free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade, where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself — and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
Page 387 - Money Bill means a Public Bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration...
Page 294 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Page 623 - I speak of cannot be thoroughly removed by drugs, but even if it could the effect of these drugs on the functions is very unnatural, and if continued becomes a periodical necessity. Note the opinions on drugging of two most eminent physicians: Prof. Alonzo Clark, MD, of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, says: "All of our curative agents a""e poisons, and as a consequence, every dose diminishes the patient's vitality.
Page 228 - He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. 4. A scout is friendly. He is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout.
Page 387 - Parliament or not), and, having been sent up to the House of Lords at least one month before the end of the session, is rejected by the House of Lords in each of those sessions...