Word: wide
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much remains to be investigated. The Indians of North America comprise sixty different stocks, each having its peculiar language, as different from every other as English is from Chinese. And each of these races has its own stories, myths, and traditions, so that the field for investigation is exceedingly wide. The religion of the American races was esoteric. Secret religious brotherhoods, like those which existed in Greece and Rome, are found today among the Pueblo, Zuni, and Moqui tribes, absolutely controlling all the worship of the people...
...school has a veterinary library, a valuable museum, and a forge, in which students can obtain instruction in horse-shoeing. There is a course in meat inspection, the instructor of which has supervision over the city abattoir. This gives the students a wide field for practical work...
...Clemens Herschel, who lectures this evening before the Engineering Society on "Roman Aqueducts," has a wide reputation as an expert in hydraulic engineering. He is a graduate of the Scientific School, and was for some time a member of the Massachusetts State Railroad Commission. Lately he has been the chief engineer of the New Jersey Water Company, and had charge of the water supply of the city of Newark. He is now engaged in private practice in New York, and has been consulting engineer for the Niagara Falls Water Power Co. His lecture this evening will be fully illustrated...
This gives but the slightest summary of the important official positions which Judge Hoar has held. His reputation has been wide-spread and the whole country has been awaiting with anxious interest the outcome of his illness. He leaves a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom the sons have attained considerable prominence in the law. The eldest, Samuel Hoar, is a Fellow of the Corporation of Harvard, which position his father had held as well. Judge Hoar had also been a member of the Board of Overseers. His connection with Harvard as a graduate from both College...
...this life was limited. Other things were needed to strengthen and establish belief. The most important element which helped to accomplish this was that of feeling; the dread of death, and the yearning for loved dead. Then the element of desire, whether for the individual or for others had wide influence. In its rude form this element was undoubtedly connected with the thought of self. The deep seated longing for after life testified to the worth of life. The ethical element also helped to establish the roots of faith in immortality. This element demanded that good should be rewarded...