Word: flourishings
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When the mother flings her last novel to the floor, turns her head gallantly upon the pillows, dies, her joy is that Lily-whether good or wicked-will flourish like the green bay tree...
...layman of New York, has acted as legal adviser of Platon's church, and has advocated secession from Moscow. Bishop Manning is sympathetic. It is believed that if the Russian church is left to itself, it will wither and die. But if it has Episcopalian support it will flourish, like the green bay, and bring forth fruits of goodness and true Americanism...
...archipelago where no human beings live but a small colony of convicts; where only pirates, adventurers, and scientific expeditions have sojourned, where flora and fauna of vanished geological ages flourish in greater abundance and variety than in any other spot on the earth's surface-that describes the Galápagos, locale of William Beebe's latest scientific and literary exploits. His new book* issued under the auspices of the New York Zoölogical Society, is a saga of man, the ever-curious, in a garb that fits the tale, replete with gorgeous color plates, beautiful photography...
...condition, and can seen in religious bigotry, and ignorance, and persecution, a political threat. The basis of all this conservative certitude and attack upon progressiveness is to be favored in the miraculous character of the religious they profess and the sense of providential care and direction under which they flourish. If Jesus is to return in clouds of glory and snatch up Brother Stratton of 57th Street, Manhattan, to serve as his prime minister or grand vizier, these tirades against modern knowledge and its exponents are quite intelligible...
...Coolidge wrote to the National Grange in session at Pittsburgh saying: " It seems to me that one of the reasons why the grange has continued to flourish is that it has kept constantly in mind the thought of the farm as a home and is represented in its membership by the various members of that home." ¶ The President worked on his message to Congress, and in order to conserve valuable time Secretary Slemp arranged that delegations calling at the White House should all be ushered into the room at once. The President then went from one to another...