Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have been, could have so completely changed their habits in 300 years, and moreover have left no traces of their previous customs. On the shores of the Baltic Mr. du Chaillu discovered countless graves in which were Roman coins of gold and silver dating back to Augustus and Tiberius, even as late as the Republic, also Greek vases of wonderful work and glass vases which are not equaled by the workmanship of modern times. Graves similar to these he also has found on the Mediterranean coast...
...reply the speakers for Trinity Club said that there was little likelihood of war. Our foreign relations are more peaceful than they have ever been before. Arbitration is coming to be used more and more to settle disputes between nations. And even if a war should arise the addition of from three to five thousand men would make little or no difference. The position of this country as the best market for the products of European nations also lessened the chance of war; for no one quarrels with his best customer...
...construction is that matters touching several states rest with national government. - (x) Oleomargarine in general use: Board of Health, 205. - (3) Full concurrency never supported by a majority of the Supreme Court: Pomeroy, 271. - (4) Judicial decisions have established doctrine that Congress' power exclusive where subject admits uniformity. - (5) Even in other cases state jurisdiction ousted by legislation on the subject by Congress: Pomeroy, 307, note. - (c) Congress' power exclusive in this case (1) Admits of uniformity. - (2) Congress has legislated directly on this subject matter. - (x) Law of 1886 "regulating sale, importation and exportation of oleomargarine:" McPherson's Hand...
...students of Shakspere there is much, even in the aesthetic criticism, that is now quite familiar; and yet the justification of the book appears not only in fresh and vivid restatements of well-known views, but in occasional entirely original discussions, with much fruitful suggestiveness concerning not only Shakspere, but literature, art, and life. Even when one violently disagrees with the author, one is almost sure to learn something; which is perhaps the highest tribute that can be paid to the professional teacher...
...Interesting as the book is even to special students, its chief value, we think, will appear if it is used as an introduction to the study of Shakspere. We are pleased to find in it none of the absurdities of the "inductive" school of criticism, which makes what should be a literary work seem like a text-book on graphic algebra or spherical geometry. The method here is absolutely sane and sound, the style is lucidity itself, fact is everywhere kept clear from inference, and there is no gush. There is not a silly sentence in the book. What reader...