Word: landing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Massachusetts Land-Bank. Mr. A. McF. Davis. University...
...Monday.Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Massachusetts Land-Bank. Mr. A. McF. Davis. University...
...places of power; the educated man will not interest himself in the affairs of his city or town, he leaves them to be governed by men of weaker intelligence but greater force. The consequence is misgovernment and corruption in politics, which extends to the highest offices of the land. The stirring up which a vigorous and honorable Harvard graduate has given to city affairs in New York should awaken enthusiasm for incorruptible and undefiled city government in the mind of every Harvard student. It is said that Philadelphia is suffering at present from an epidemic of corruption and jobbery...
Outing for October is a readable and finely illustrated number. The contents are as follows: "A Bit of Blue Ribbon," by Sara Beaumont Kennedy; "Rugged Labrador," by R. G. Taber; "Boar Hunting in the Ardennes"; "Banana Land Awheel," by E. M. Aaron; "Hero," by Theresa G. Randall; "Neath Cloudless Skies," by Fred C. Green; "A Sporting Vacation in Montana," by G. M. Dillard; "Moose Hunting in New Brunnswick," by the late E. P. Rogers; "Lenz's World Tour Awheel"; "Finnish Fish and Fishermen," by Fred. Whishaw; "Guns and Shooting," by Ed. W. Sandys; "The Great Dismal Swamp," by Alex. Hunter...
...know he must have had visions of high duty and privilege. He was only a humble minister and weak in body, but he was also, as one of his contemporaries writes, 'a godly gentleman and a lover of learning.' His vision of duty carried him to this land. Amidst the poverty and hardships of the day, he had before him the vision of a greater people. And as he became weaker in body, the dreams and memories of his old University at Cambridge must have beckoned him to a greater opportunity. The little community in which he lived was planning...