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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Each son must decide for himself in accordance with the peculiarities of his own especial parent. However, let not the son swerve an instant from his duty; knowing the true course, let him follow it, remembering that the persistent elbowing of the little wave gradually crowds aside the giant cliff. Let him complain unceasingly, let him be alternately sulky, gloomy, and petulant, let him if necessary even resort to desperate dissipation,- and success is almost inevitable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Shall We Do With Our Parents? | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

...American Archaeology." Special subject: "The Pueblos and Cliff-houses." Professor Putnam. Peabody Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BULLETIN. | 3/11/1882 | See Source »

American Archaeology. Special subject: "The Pueblos and Cliff-houses." Professor Putnam, Peabody Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BULLETIN. | 3/9/1882 | See Source »

...free course of six gallery lectures will be given by the curator of the Peabody Museum on Thursdays, from 3 to 4 o'clock. Subjects for future lectures: March 2d, "Pottery from the Mounds;" 9th, "The Pueblos and Cliff-houses;" 16th, "Mexico and Central America;" 23d, "South America;" 30th, "Ancient Peruvian Art." Tickets for the course may be had at the museum, Divinity avenue, either by personal application or by mail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/20/1882 | See Source »

...chattering brook ripple over smooth stones, and hurried on to join the sea. Just above him the course of the brook turned from east to south-east; and where the valley curved, on the north bank, a pretty moss-covered grotto opened toward the sun. Behind this a cliff suddenly rose a score of feet; while before it a large flat stone formed a convenient floor, reaching from the cave quite to the edge of the brook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

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