Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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We have seen that oxygen for the most part is taken in through the lungs, and the act which they perform taking it in is called respiration. At the back of the mouth are two passages leading downward, the one in front going to the lungs. The act of breathing...
The rent of rooms in college buildings is lower than outside rent. But until the college can lodge a larger portion of the students than at present, it will be impossible to force down the rents in Cambridge.
The old bell was cast in Sweden in 1742, and from the peculiar arrangement of its clapper was evidently designed for a ship bell. It is thought to have been put up soon after the college was built, and has probably been hanging in the basement of the building for...
Tobacco smoking must come in for its share of blame in producing heart trouble, and on this point there has been the most violent controversy. There is hardly any question but that in the majority of cases, the heart of the constant smoker has lost in muscular strength. For safety...
Much as national characteristics enter into the philosophic thought of a country, yet it seems to be a new idea, and one must say a remarkable one, to thus absolutely lay down the philosophy which should be the guide of an American. Simply because a man is an American he...