Word: soils
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Thus space will be afforded for the illustrations which are designed to exhibit all of the relations of plants to each other and to their surroundings. Probably it will require at least two years more for the installation of the specimens which show the effect of differences in soil and exposure upon the forms of plants...
...commended, but some authorities have criticised unfavorably the first feature, because an extra term would have to be added to the West Point curriculum, by which the time of the students is already completely occupied. Objection is made to the second feature on the ground that different elements of soil and climate are found in the western forests from the eastern...
...delicate a mistress, that it seems impossible to believe the power did not come into romance from the Celts. Magic is just the word for it,- the magic of nature; not merely the beauty of nature,- that the Greeks and Latins had; not merely an honest snack of the soil,- that the Germans had; but the intimate life of Nature, her weird power and her fairy charm. Magic is the word to insist upon...
When and how shall this kingdom of heaven on earth be brought about? It is not through human culture alone that it shall come, but through divine cooperation. My hope for spring is not in the soil, but in the sun; I believe in the fulfillment of this prayer because I believe in God. My hope for the future is because of my faith in God. True prayer is the prayer of life. One cannot offer the prayer which Jesus taught us to use without embracing all humanity in his thoughts. To be a Christian one must be broad...
...encouragement of Coleridge that brought out his first poems, and in the company of Coleridge much of his earlier poetry was written. His poetry was essentially the product of English soil, it showed the resolute, energetic spirit of the author, and his pure, simple life. However much his poetry lacked in sense of humor or proportion, it shows the most sympathetic interpretation of nature and the sublimest imagination. His ambition was to be a teacher, and that he has certainly succeeded in being. Not only is his position assigned high in the roll of English fame, but he has become...