Word: communal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...closing, the lecturer laid down four propositions: The land belongs to the people; communal ownership has never proved economical; private ownership under national control seems the best thing for us; if the state ever recalls its lands it must compensate the individual owners. We may learn so to co-ordinate private enterprise and social co-operation as to realize the divine order. - Extracts from Springfield Republican...
...descendants of this ancient people have so strongly impressed themselves upon the Spaniards as to compel the latter people to learn the Maya language. He pointed out the two theories as to the use of the buildings whose ruins we find upon the terraces; 1st, that they were communal houses like those of the ancient Pueblos; 2d, that they were the official houses of a migratory people. The climate of Yucatan is such that these ruins are rapidly disappearing. In conclusion, Mr. Agassiz expressed the hope that the public would aid the society to investigate these ruins before they were...