Word: riches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spirit of congratulation with the rest of Harvard. Every Harvard man, in his own way, reflects once again upon an heritage enlarged by a man of great understanding and rare gifts. Each one pays tribute to a long, honorable, and useful life, now rewarded by peace and contemplation, still rich in friendly counsel and unbroken association with Harvard life...
Morris, whose portrait was painted by most of the Pre-Raphaelites, addressed one remark to Shaw. Annoyed by his vegetarianism, she once served him a rich pudding, told him triumphantly after he had eaten two helpings with relish: "It will do you good; there's suet in it." Thereafter she never said a word...
Still lost, the Breyfogle is generally thought to have been in a region where several rich mines were later located, is believed by Death Valley Scotty to have been buried by cloudbursts...
Best character sketch is that of Shorty Harris, grouchy, restless, simple-minded prospector who tramped Death Valley for 50 years, found five rich mines, got almost nothing for them. When he found The Bullfrog in 1904 a saloon keeper kept him drunk for three weeks, got him to sell his claim for $1,000 and three barrels of whiskey. When he found The Harrisburg soon after he became a partner in the company formed to work it, taking stock which he did not know was assessable. Author Coolidge hired Shorty Harris to guide him across the Valley to Death Valley...
...part of Madge Graham (the rich little poor girl) saved from the possibility of bathos and given a certain wistful distinction by Patricia MacMakin, who shows up best in the scene immediately after her rescue, when, naive and self-contained, she discourses on the family failing for falling off things--her father fell off the roof only last week. This same parent (who, it seems, fell on something--something which broke his fall) was given the full distinction which the role offered by Sardis Lawrence, who brought out all the irony, all the spirit, and all the easy-going-live...