Word: dikes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Absence of uniformity is the worst evil: Pop. Sci. Mo., XXIII. 224. - (a) It increases the number of divorces: Lalor, III. 808; Pamphlet by S. W. Dike. - (b) It weakens the respect for law in general: Forum, II. 430. - (c) It gives rise to endless confusion: Century, I. 419; Convers, 220-230; Princeton Review, IX. 9 -92. - (1) As to status of the parties in other states. - (2) As to property-rights. - (3) As to legitimacy of children. (d) A uniform remedy should be applied to a uniform evil: Forum...
Near the end of the number is a symposium on the future of the New England country, to which ex-Governor Long, George B. Loring, Rev. S. W. Dike and Rev George A. Jackson contribute. Their words are suggestive...
...field will be finished about the middle of next month. At present they are digging trenches all over the 20 acres, in which the gravel from the now levelled banks is put, while the loam thus thrown up is spread 10 inches thick over the entire surface. The dike is being strengthened against the tide; and the few remaining acres beyond will be gradually filled by college refuse. A few trees have been left, thus breaking the monotony of the level ground. The whole field will be drained through a tide-gate, which is made to work automatically-closed...
...long been the desire of the authorities to open up the land deeded by Mr. Longfellow, but the cost of filling in the marshes as well as the prospect of unsatisfactory results in case a dike were built, has a ways deterred them. It has been estimated that to fill in the Longfellow land would cost at least four thousand dollars an acre. This new gift, however, is situated on high ground, four feet above the water level. It accordingly affords ample room for all present development and at the some time it will be easy gradually to extend quarters...
...school was opened in September with one professor in residence and six students, the former being Rev. T. F. Wright, of the class of '66, Harvard. Rev. John Worcester, of Newton, is president, S. F. Dike, D. D., professor in history, Rev, J. E. Warren, of the University of Berne, professor of languages. Of the students, one comes from Denmark, one from Sweden, one from England, and the rest from the United States...