Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wonderful, not long ago a Professor remarked, how much a man of my age comes to know. That Agassiz estimated his own learning but small is clear; fishing with a friend, to an inquiry he said, while confessing his ignorance, that his lifetime hardly offered a beginning for the labors his science demanded...
...sacred precincts have been invaded and the architectural eye has been critically cast upon our College buildings! No sooner had we departed for our quiet homes and the coast was clear, than a part of the Juniors in Architecture, M. I. T. (so says the Spectrum) come to Cambridge to view the architectural splendors which beautify our Yard. They noticed, in University, "the lower flights of stairs, the steps of the second run of which are built into the wall about two feet, and project therefrom about five, without any support at the outer end." The Spectrum doubtless makes this...
...clear the towns for many a mile
...Belknap to the south, and clear...
...have asked me to send you some information upon the subject of our national system of education. I will do so in all simplicity. I shall not perhaps give you any original views upon the question, but I shall try to give you a clear idea of the system. This is all you ask of me, and I hope to succeed. But to the comprehension of our system of education, it will be necessary first to understand the mechanism of what is called the University of France...