Word: land
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...another land I'm dreaming...
...native land, where summer-waves fell ever on summer-shore...
...Museum of Comparative Zoology has just been enriched by a magnificent collection of deep-sea animals taken from the waters adjacent to the islands from Cuba to Trinidad inclusive, and also by a collection made on land, in order to compare the representations of these islands. The collection is a result of Professor Agassiz's Coast Survey work...
...counteracting movement which is emphatically called for. The present restrictions upon these emoluments are discouraging to the sons of professional men who are just holding their places in the bitter struggle for existence. More youths from this numerous class - and they are often the best material for education the land affords - would seek Harvard, if, through their own exertions, they might hope to obtain scholarships. They understand that the sum allowed for their education must be reduced to the lowest figures, and they are disheartened at finding that they have no chance of winning those tangible rewards which serve...
...Dwarf and the Big-headed Boy; and a third, N. H. 6, contained a large collection of vegetables, especially some beets of mammoth size. Phil 5 contained a living crocodile, and was connected with F. A. 2, in which was a gorgeous panorama of Egypt and the Holy Land. Sanskt seems to have been an exhibition of stump-pullers, and Hebr undoubtedly was a jackass race. These are only a small part of the amusements, but the nature of the rest cannot be definitely ascertained...