Word: star
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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They are on the lookout up at the observatory for that rare and brilliant celestial visitor in the constellation, Cassiopea, which appeared last in 1572 and led Tycho Brahe to the study of astronomy. It is supposed to be the star in the East that appeared to the Magi at the birth of Jesus...
...numerous the institutions are. Each man must feel about him the grasp of the total humanity to which he belongs. If he does not, he becomes inhuman. Each truth must be aware of the great whole of truth which it utters; if it does not it becomes untrue. Each star must quiver with the movement of the system, or it is a mere waif and stray of brilliance, living at random in the sky. Each article of faith must feel the creed around it. Each class in the community must live in the larger life of the community which...
...down, and a couple of brass howitzers standing on the terrace glisten in the sun. Hurrying by we stopped a moment in front of the handsome stone dry-dock, built in the presidency of the second Adams, and in which the "Pieter von Leninck" of the Red Star Line, was having her great sides scraped and painted. The party did not stop long to examine the "Pieter," but hurried on; turning to their right they passed the revenue cutter "Fish-Hawk," in the service of the Fish Commission, and arrived at a little covered dock at the end of which...
...York Star of Sunday publishes an account of the Yale crew and its prospects for the coming season. The article, as is customary, prominently presents the inexperience of the eleven candidates...
...church with slavery? 9. Should the United States exercise a controlling influence over any inter oceanic canal? 10. The policy of the United States toward the Indians. 11. The effect on France of the wars of Louis XIV. 12. Discuss the jurisdiction and procedure of the Court of Star Chamber. 13. Discuss the history and jurisdiction of the Court of High Commission. 14. Discuss parliamentary procedure in the 17th Century. 15. Was there sufficient reason for the execution of Earl Stafford? 16. The character of Lord Bacon as a man and as a judge. 17. Is society an organism...