Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bring the suburbs nearer the city and raise the value of real estate in them correspondingly. The cable is run along a trench under the tracks; is operated by steam power at the ends of the route; is kept taut by a system of weights at its extremities, which rise and fall according to the number and weight of the cars attached. A slot about three-quarters of an inch wide runs between the tracks, and through it the clamp of the dummy or grip car is operated by the driver. The cable moves at a uniform rate...
...this century again burst its bonds, as it did just before the Renaissance. It cannot be possible that the "almighty dollar" is to be the only issue from this wonderful new world. Positive thought must be substituted for negative, and it may be that a new poetic energy will rise from among the hot spirits of the Socialists. The gospel of love extended to embrace the happiness of the whole world is the hope and salvation of the future...
...incident gave a good idea of the artistic progress of the vase-makers, beginning with the stiff and conventional figures of the early vases and continuing down to the time when landscape and a background were introduced. The abduction of Helen by Paris was a fruitful theme which gave rise to several beautiful representations. Pictures of some of the masterpieces of Greek vase-painting were shown, and the ludicrous figures of the archaic vases were most amusingly commented upon by the lecturer, whose remarks called forth hearty applause...
...Social advancement is only secured by nations whose wealth is sufficient to make possible leisure, learning and the means of refinement. The rise of wealthy classes in a nation adds to its political security.- Ellis H. Roberts in New Princeton Review, May, 1887; J. S. Mill, Political Economy...
...could be established some good might be wrought, but there is no hope of obtaining an alliance of the nations. A more hopeful scheme would be to keep prices on a level by swelling or contracting the amount of money in circulation according as prices tend to fall or rise. A composite standard of value should be adopted in order to ascertain any change in prices. The coinage of the country should be based upon gold, but silver could be made to play an important part in the form of legal tender tokens. The amount of gold in circulation could...