Word: nationalities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...State management has failed under more favorable conditions than would exist in the United States, i. e., in France and in Italy.- Hadley, ch. X and xiii; The Nation...
...Persian kingdom by the Emir, who was called the "Father of the Wise." To turn the thoughts of his people from sordidness to the knowledge of higher things, the Emir hit upon the "Sand Plain of Bokhara." a City of Truth to the dwelling-place of sages from every nation. In this way was inaugurated the celebrated school of Bokhara...
...Governmental control would tend towards a policy of aggrandizement and extension of territory.- Nation...
...Even if voidable, there are great obstacles and objections to the purchase and completion of the Panama canal on account of: (a) The expense; (b) the difficulties of construction; (c) the difficulties incident to its situation.- Nation, vol. 47, 487, Forum, vol. 4, 279, Forum, vol. 3, 412; Popular Science Monthly...
...more than fifty men were present at the Union meeting last evening. This is a surprisingly small number, as the question debated is one that is stirring our nation at present, and therefore should be of great interest to us all. The question before the meeting read thus: "Resolved, that the causes for divorce should be made uniform throughout the United States by constitutional amendment...