Word: soils
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...independence of spirit, his love of the right, and determination to maintain it at whatever cost, and his clear foresight into the political future. He hated the Abolitionists, who were altogether too unconventional for him, but he made his debut in political life as chairman of the Free Soil Meetings at the Tremont Temple. He declared: 'I am a Free Soiler because I am (who should not say so) of the stock of the old northern gentry, and have a particular dislike to any subserviency, or even appearance of subserviency, on the part of our people to the slave-holding...
...contests in 1856 which resulted in the defeat of Fremont, and, in 1860, when its victory made Abraham Lincoln president. In 1848, however, there were few who were ready to accept this doctrine. Mr. Dana was one of the few who left the Whig party and attended the Free Soil convention at Buffalo which nominated Van Buren and Adams...
...which will be planted along the edges of the triangle around Memorial some time in May. About 35 oaks and elms will be put in place as soon as the ground is soft. Meanwhile the holes for the trees are being filled with loam in order to enrich the soil. The work is part of the plan for beautifying the University grounds which Professor R. T. Fisher, of the Forestry School, is carrying...
...from other sources. Professor Fisher, in charge of the work of restoring and protecting the trees in the Yard, then undertook a thorough investigation of the problem. With the aid of F. L. Olmsted '94, J. W. Chapman S.D. '11, H. J. Koehler, and Henry Hicks, studies of the soil conditions were made, and the trees on Boston Common were studied to observe the results of transplanting and protective measures against insects. When it was decided that the transplanting could be successfully accomplished, Mr. Koehler made a long search for suitable trees...
...perfectly preserved Inca city known, was entirely excavated. The buildings were perched, upon the top of an almost inaccessible ridge, two thousand feet above the Urubamba River. In the excellence of its masonry, the daring of its architecture, and the extraordinary manner in which every available inch of tillable soil was terraced up and utilized, this group of ruins is quite unique...