Word: cleared
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...however suggest to them or the proper officials that plain glass would be a great step in advance. If sunlight would be troublesome, clear glass could at least be put on the east side...
...clear statement of the financial needs of the Union was made in yesterday's CRIMSON; between $800 and $1,000 are needed to pay the running expenses during the coming year. It is hoped that half of this amount will come from colltge men. The money could be secured without much difficulty from philanthropic men interested in the sort of work the Union is doing; but the same amount of money coming from college men will have many times the value to the Union. It is the connection of the Union with the college which makes it attractive...
...generally conceded that of all torments remorse is the worst. Lady Macbeth in vain tried to wash from her hands the blood stains, and Bill Sykes could not escape the eyes of Nancy. They gazed up in to his from the clear waters, they looked down from the blue sky, and as he threw himself in a frenzy on the ground and buried his face in his hands, they peered out of the depths of the earth. But the Christian need not fear remorse; his thoughts are not for the past but for the future. He knows that his sins...
...largest telescope is 15 inches in diameter and has a magnifying power of 5,000 times. Besides this there are many smaller ones, which are used whenever the night is sufficiently clear...
Early in 1891 a station was established by Professor Wm. H. Pickering at Arequipa in Peru, thus furnishing means for observing and photographing the stars of the southern sky. This gave Harvard a singular advantage over other observatories, for in the wonderfully clear condition of the skies in that quarter, observations can be made nearly all the year round, and are limited only by the size and power of the instruments. Last year 1224 photographs of the southern stars were taken, and from these much valuable information was obtained. The negatives were sent to Cambridge and are now stored with...