Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Boston.- Denman Thompson: "The Old Homestead...
Boston.- Denman Thompson: "The Old Homestead...
...present theory is that it is an independent growth. However, more than anything else the results of my trip have been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases perfectly true...
...question, and at last in ensuring the choice of the best men. These are undoubted advantages, but with them there seems to be a possible disadvantage which must be guarded against. This is that as they entail so much more effort than the single five minute trial of the old system, a number of men may be discouraged from competing in the present trials...
...old stand at Foster's is the best place in Cambridge to get a good lunch. All kinds of temperance drinks...