Word: almanack
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lord Bryce wrote The Holy Roman Empire at 26, which was Ben Franklin's age when he wrote Poor Richard's Almanack. Buskin and Roosevelt were 24 when they composed, respectively, Modern Painters and The War of 1812. John Jay was Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court at 44. Charles James Fox was a junior lord of admiralty, a thorn in George Ill's side, at 21. William Pitt, Britain's prime minister for 17 years, assumed office at 24, having previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. At 20, Alexander Hamilton was a leading authority on government...
...Press and not strictly included in this category should be mentioned Hoppin's "Euthymides and His Fellows" and "A Handbook of Attic Red-Figured Vases," Beazley's "Attic Red-Figured Vases in American Museums," Courtney Langdon's translation of Dante, Professor Kittredge's "The Old Farmer and His Almanack," Professor Grandgent's "Old and New," Hillyer's "Sonnets and Other Lyrics," and Phoutrides' translation of Kostes Palamas' "Life Immovable." The Press also issues the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Harvard Theological Review. Practically all the manufacture of these publications, except the binding, is carried...