Word: somes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was an Indian prince who lived in the sixth century B. C. At an early age his meditations led him to the conclusion that a life of renunciation and high thought was preferable to the delights of home and love. He regarded the charm...
The Indian Buddhist missionaries who went to preach their doctrine in foreign lands could not always overcome the love of their converts for certain native, non-Indian, divinities. The new members of the Buddhist community could not forget some of the gods worshipped by their ancestors for many generations, and...
In many instances the missionaries resorted to a compromise; they declared the most beloved native gods as nothing but incarnations of certain accepted members of the Indian Buddhist pantheon. This method was most successfully carried through in Japan where the first Buddhist missionaries arrived in the sixth century A. D...
The machine is worked purely by a hand pump, and is quite small, so small, in fact, that when some Dutch scientists were shown the arrangement, they asked. "But where is the machine?" On, various occasions Professor Bridgman has just missed losing a limb when the apparatus emploded, for the...
Art is long, and if it is getting longer, so that its shadow falls on some bright colors, it may be a pity, but it's still Art. The part of the Dramatic Club in this extension seems to be to call attention to its play among other things.