Word: ending
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lower animals. In man it is brought to a high degree of development, but in the lower animals it is scarcely noticeable, although examples of it are sometimes noticed. Among the less civilized nations the preservation of the tribe is the great motive power, and whatever tends to that end is thought to be the greatest virtue. Thus we see how it was that courage became to be so much admired. And investigation shows that morality has not been developed by selfishness, nor by a desire for happiness, but by a striving after the greatest good of the greatest number...
Luce has been forbidden by his physician to pitch again for a month. It is doubtful whether even at the end of that time, he will be allowed to use his arm for throwing. The only candidates now in training for pitcher of the nine Hawley, '89, and McLeod...
...chryselephantine statue of Athen. This statue disappeared about the middle of the fifth century, A. D.; at about the same time the temple came into the hands of the Christians and became a church. This necessitated some changes in the architecture. The entrance was changed to the west end, and the Hekatompedos became the nave of the church, an aps being constructed at this end of the temple. The great chamber, or Parthenon, became the antechamber of the church, and was connected with the Hekatompedos by doors cut through the solid wall which had hitherto separated them. The interior arrangement...
...Association. Tickets will also be on sale at Bartlett's; and on the days after meetings, at the door of the gymnasium. Prices: Admission, 50 cents. Reserved seats in the front rows on the east and west sides of the gallery, and in the floor section of the south end of the gymnasium, 75 cents extra. All other seats, 50 cents extra...
...slightly in his favor. In the second round Clarke succeeded in getting in his left, evening things up a little. The round closed with a clean hit for Curtis. The third round was decidedly hotter than the preceding ones. Curtis continued to land his left at intervals, and the end of the round saw some close work Mr. Curtis had shown superior science, Dr. Appleton declared him the winner...