Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Near and nearer drives the ship...
...Harvard Union meets next Tuesday, April 26, at 7.30 o'clock, in Sever Hall. The question is: Resolved, That the construction of the proposed Panama Ship Canal, under the auspices of and through a charter from any foreign government, is hostile to the established policy of the United States; is inconsistent with the spirit and declaration of the Monroe doctrine; and cannot be sanctioned or assented to by the United States Government. The disputants are, for the affirmative, Messrs. Jameson, '81, and Bradley, '82; for the negative, Messrs. Hart, '80, and White, '83. The public is invited...
...many advantages and pleasures to be gained by such a trip, and it is to be hoped that in time it will be a common thing for at least fifty men to go every summer; and if this ever should come about, by going across in the same ship the cost could be still further reduced...
...last in condition of writing from the land of the East. America is a large country. A son of the heavenly empire, should he divest himself of his club feet, could walk from one end of the country to another in no less than a year. The ship which I took at Canton brought me first to San Francisco. The people of that city showed me great respect. Whenever they saw me on the street, they crowded around me and shouted "Oh, see the Chinaman; pull his pigtail; knock him down!" - expressions which, my interpreter told me, signified great pleasure...
Like a lingering ship yearning for the main...