Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...life was very simple and easy, and he saw a good many guests at his own house and at other places, and was a great favorite in society, -- indeed, his presence was enough to make any dinner party a success. All this while he worked over the Calumet Mine, going there twice a year and often more, passing a week or ten days, following each development, ordering new machinery when necessary and, in short, guiding the work. This was all done with the advice and assistance of his brother-in-law, Mr. Shaw, and, indeed, these two gentlemen developed...
This winter he went to Egypt to have a quiet, pleasant time, and has enjoyed himself very much. Just before going he had begun another plan for helping the American Academy of Science here. Nobody ever saw any sign of money in his life, except as he could use it for the good of education or to help other peo- ple, and whenever it happened that any man at Cambridge died, whose family needed relief, Mr. Agassiz was always to the fore. A nobler, higher or more useful life no man ever lived, and withal he has kept the very...
This case could be easily remedied if the captain of each class crew saw to it that at least one crew represented his class on the river every day, and this would not be a difficult task, in view of the number of men waiting for a chance...
...time had passed, and they were able to travel in some comfort. So, after penetrating into the country for some distance, they crossed over the barrens into Blue Lake and from there followed the outlet down to its confluence with the main river. During all this time, they saw no caribou, so rightly judging that it was too late in the season, and that the caribou had gone farther south, they returned to the shore...
...labors both as professor and administrator were very much increased by his habit of holding himself at the disposal of any student or any teacher at any time. He was always accessible." To express the source of inspiration which he was to one of his older pupils, who never saw Mr. Ames after graduating from the school, Mr. Williston quotes this letter...