Word: landing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Austin Abbott, Dean of the New York University Law School spoke next. What can a people without land be, except lawless? In the Catholic Church, a man excommunicated is out of the community - almost literally. The Indians are in a similar state, they are excommunicated. It must follow that they are lawless and we cannot complain. We demand for the Indians an amenability to law and the right of appeal to law. The alternative...
Some months ago a committee of the New York Harvard Club was appointed to investigate the cost of a new club house and a suitable lot of land. The growth of the club has been so rapid of late as to make larger quarters indispensable...
...Henry S. von Duzer, Charles H. Russell, Edward L. Parris, Samuel H. Ordway, Lawrence E. Sexton and Amos T. French. In their report they estimated the annual income from the present membership of about 600 resident and non-resident members at $10,400. It was therefore recommended to purchase land and erect a club house similar in general arrangement to the Grolier Club, at a cost not to exceed $60,000. Half of this amount it is proposed to raise by subscription among the members as a gift to the club. Interest on the mortgage for the rest...
...great interest of Columbus and his companions in the discovery of America was to find gold in the new land. It was this excessive desire for money and for recognition of his services to Spain which disclosed to the court that he was an insincere man and not capable of following out to advantage the discoveries he had made. This is the reason why he was not treated with more consideration by Ferdinand and Isabella. Speaking of his weaknesses Dr. Winsor says: "When we view the character of Columbus in its influence upon the minds of men, we find some...
...edition is in two volumes, the first dealing with land birds, the second with game and water birds. At the beginning of each chapter is an excellent print of the bird described, followed by a brief description of the plumage, the nest and eggs. The biographies are full and interesting, giving the distribution of the birds, place of habitation, food, time of migration, etc., besides many anecdotes of an entertaining and instructive character. The original footnotes and remarks on the appearance or distribution of the birds, as observed today, are very valuable to the student...