Word: americans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Government competition with other companies impossible.- North American Review...
...said that $300,000 have been subscribed by an American for the purpose of founding a university of learning in China...
...University of Pennsylvania is better known in Vienna than any other American institution of learning.- The Pennsylvanian...
...chart are plotted the measurements of an individual of American ancestry-his age, 33 years, weight, 161 pounds, and height, 5 feet, 9.7 inches Upon referring to the chart, it will be noticed that the most remarkable characteristic of this figure is its approach to perfect symmetry in some parts, and its marked divergence from it in others. The weight, which is a trifle heavy for the height, is very uniformly distributed, the only excess being in the region of the chest, hips and arms. The relative proportion of the different heights of the body is very nearly true...
...Resolved, that the parochial school system is dangerous to American institutions...