Word: space
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...suggestion that the Lawrence scientific school be abandoned as a separate institution, (that lack of space prevents our printing) and that its functions be wholly undertaken by the university seems to us to be a very timely one, and, as the writer in "Science" says, one in which no way deprecates the good work done by the school...
...collection upon the sixteenth century, however, it is the Reformation and its forerunners to which more space is devoted. The contemporary editions of Erasmus, of the tracts poured forth in the controversy between Reuchlin and the Obscurantists, of the poems and orations and satires of Ulrich von Hutten, few are wanting. The mystical teachers, too, of the pre-Reformation period - Savonarola in Italy, Tauler and Geiler of Kaisersburg in Germany - are well represented by original impressions...
...waves ten or twenty inches in height are formed, which travel in a circular direction and form whirlpools about seven feet in diameter. When the men first began to row ordinary oars were used, but it was found too hard work to use them in such a small space of still water. Then triangular shaped pieces, comprising two-thirds of the blades, were cut out, thus allowing part of the water to rush through the oars. This experiment is working well, and the men row easily and in good shape. - N. Y. Star...
...some beautiful effects were produced. The inside of the temple was ornamented in a magnificent manner with statues, carving, and wood work, embellished with gold and silver. The third type of temple is probably more ancient, apparently not designed for star worship. They are vast structures, covering a broad space, but are not so high as the others...
...been my misfortune to meet. Of course the retention of a room may seem a small matter to him, but to myself it is far different. Indeed my whole spread depends upon the use of that one room; without it I shall not have sufficient space to carry out my programme; with it everything will pass off well. However much right the gentleman may have to the use of his room it seems to me that it is an act of the grossest selfishness for him to enforce that right. This view of the case, I think, will be taken...