Word: conquests
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...have already conquered the land and the sea, said Mr. Clayton, and we are now beginning the conquest of the air. It was only after the lifting power of the atmosphere and the heating power of gas were discovered that man first rose in the air. Only two years after the discovery of the balloon, Dr. Jeffries of Boston made an ascent for a scientific study of the atmosphere, and soon after crossed the English Channel in his balloon. As was found out after these experiments, the upper strata of the air at a distance of more than five...
...dwelt upon the origin of the Menorah, the seven-branched candle-stick, in the festival described in the Book of Maccabees. He went on to describe the 500 years' struggle between the Hellenic and Hebraic ideals, which culminated in the annihilation of the Jews as a nation after the conquest of Judaea by Titus. Beauty was the Greek ideal, while that of the Hebrews was goodness, and of this the Menorah was emblematic...
...lectures at the University of Berlin will extend through the first semester which closes in February, when he will return to this country and conduct his usual courses during the second half-year. The subject of his lectures will be the History of English Literature from the Norman Conquest to the Elizabethan Era. He will also give a seminary course on Arthurian Romance...
...nineteenth century artificial meadows were made, ownership became precise, and hunting restrictions were enforced. The Revolution did away with collective ownership, without which it would have been impossible to supply the wants of the population. Progressive civilization is a conquest of the present, which has done away with individual ownership...
...language but English. Some of these are courses that have previously existed under other names. Professor Wendell's course, English 46, now appears as Comparative Literature 1, "A General Survey of European Literature." Professor Schofield's course on the "Literary History of England and the Continent from the Norman Conquest to Elizabeth," which was formerly English 42, is now called Comparative Literature 6. Professor Bliss Perry will give his new course, "Types of Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" under the name of Comparative Literature...