Word: foldes
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...other very interesting plants are the sensitive plant and the telegraph plant. The former has very fine leaves which if touched by the hand will immediately fold themselves up and draw away from the disturber. The latter has very fine leaves which in very warm weather keep up a continual motion which seems like the motion of a telegraph sounder...
...occurred the gold discovery on the Pacific coast. In Australia three years later came the discovery of gold in enormous amounts. The effect produced by the output of these mines threatened to be overwhelming. The average production of gold in the world was increased five fold. It is estimated that within the next ten years the stock of gold in the hands of civilized man had literally doubled...
...said to Mr. de Mauny-Talvande at the end of his lecture, his opinions are entitled to respect, but they are based on caste and party prejudices; he made a very inadequate presentation of the moral side of our educational system; its defects are magnified a thousand fold in his exposition; he is mistaken in asserting that party considerations govern the appointment of our school teachers; he is utterly wrong in saying that our late prime minister, Jules Ferry, wished the schools to be atheistic; he merely wanted them to be non-confessional; he fails to do justice...
...object of the course is three-fold. First to teach the science of reading at sight, second to cultivate the voice, and third to bring out the aesthetic qualities,- to sing with expression and feeling. Herr Frese does not adhere to any particular method, but through extensive study is able to present the best ideas of all the different schools...
...Copeland gave his first evening lecture of the year last evening in Sever Hall before an audience of fully five hundred. Previous inquiries had made necessary some explanation of the title of the address,- "The Friendships of Young Men in Literature." The interpretation of this was two-fold; relating in the first place to the friendships of young men who have made literature, and secondly to the friendships of young men who appear in history, or in works of the imagination...