Word: adams
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Lasell the beginning of evil? Because Adam's among...
...train of argument is somewhat as follows: "Darwin denies the Biblical theory of the Creation, and tells us instead that men are descended from monkeys; but who do the monkeys spring from?" Can the Archangel mean to prove that the Biblical and Darwinian theories are compatible, and that Adam and Eve were monkeys? This article, however, only proves the necessity of religion; the other proves that of the Roman Catholic religion, and its superiority to others, by giving a long list of famous men, most of whom lived before Luther's time, who were of course Catholics...
...recent dinner held in New York in honor of Adam Smith's Work, "The Wealth of Nations," has excited considerable comment, and has aroused an interest in the subject which we hope will bear its fruits. The matter comes home to us in view of the recent withdrawal of Political Economy from the list of required studies...
...MONSIEUR ADAM he wake up, he see une belle demoiselle aslep in ze garden. Voila de la chance! 'Bon jour, Madame Iv.' Madame Iv she wake, she hold her fan before her face. Monsieur put up his eye-glass to admire ze tableau. Zey make one promenade. Madame Iv she feel hungry; she see appel on ze arbre. Serpent se promenade sur l'arbre make one walk on ze tree. 'Mons. le Serpent,' says Iv, 'weel you not have ze bonte to peck me some appel? J'ai faim.' 'Certainement, Madame,' says ze serpent, 'charme de vous voir.' 'Hola...
...performances in the last Advocate, it may seem that the wit is exceedingly small and "sick." And so it must be confessed the greater part of it was; but the jokes were better to hear than to read, and of course an audience, for the most part excited by Adam's ale, ice-cream, and the sight of two quart bottles of champagne, was not calm enough to be very discriminating. As a rule, the essays were by no means equal to the subjects, but, fortunately, many of them were unheard on account of the numerous witticisms which the members...