American Contributions to Civilization: And Other Essays and AddressesCentury Company, 1897 - 387 páginas |
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... House of Lords furnish good evidence that aristocracies do not suc- ceed in perpetuating select types of intellect or of character . In the future there will undoubtedly be seen a great increase in the number of permanent families in ...
... House of Lords furnish good evidence that aristocracies do not suc- ceed in perpetuating select types of intellect or of character . In the future there will undoubtedly be seen a great increase in the number of permanent families in ...
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... houses for families , public parks and gar- dens , out - of - door sports , systematic physical train- ing in schools and colleges , vacations for business and professional men , and improvements in the dwellings and the diet of all ...
... houses for families , public parks and gar- dens , out - of - door sports , systematic physical train- ing in schools and colleges , vacations for business and professional men , and improvements in the dwellings and the diet of all ...
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... , namely , Somesville , at the head of Somes Sound ; though there are several other small groups of houses , as at Northeast Harbor , Seal Harbor , and Pretty Marsh . In general the population is scat- tered 105 The Forgotten Millions.
... , namely , Somesville , at the head of Somes Sound ; though there are several other small groups of houses , as at Northeast Harbor , Seal Harbor , and Pretty Marsh . In general the population is scat- tered 105 The Forgotten Millions.
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... houses in the town in the summer of 1889 was about 280 , of which about one tenth were for summer use only . The average number of persons to a house is therefore between five and six . The surnames which are common in the town are ...
... houses in the town in the summer of 1889 was about 280 , of which about one tenth were for summer use only . The average number of persons to a house is therefore between five and six . The surnames which are common in the town are ...
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... houses in the town for summer occupation was only sixteen down to the summer of 1889 . The largest tax paid in the town for that year was $ 152 ; and the rate being $ 33 on $ 1000 , this largest tax implied a valuation of $ 4606.06 for ...
... houses in the town for summer occupation was only sixteen down to the summer of 1889 . The largest tax paid in the town for that year was $ 152 ; and the rate being $ 33 on $ 1000 , this largest tax implied a valuation of $ 4606.06 for ...
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Página 246 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Página 247 - To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain ; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.
Página 219 - BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory...
Página 245 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret...
Página 246 - THE flower that smiles to-day To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies. What is this world's delight? Lightning that mocks the night, Brief even as bright.
Página 246 - ... and the men .of labour spent their strength in daily strugglings for bread to maintain the vital strength they laboured with; so living in a daily circulation of sorrow, living but to work, and working but to live, as if daily bread were the only end of a wearisome life, and a wearisome life the only occasion of daily bread.
Página 246 - The seed ye sow, another reaps; The wealth ye find, another keeps; The robes ye weave, another wears; The arms ye forge, another bears.
Página 257 - ... young man and the young woman work and save in order that they may be married and have a home of their own; once married, they work and save that they may bring up well a family. The supreme object of the struggling and striving of most men is the family. One might almost say that the security and elevation of the family and of family life are the prime objects of civilization, and the ultimate ends of all industry and trade.
Página 215 - that it does not matter what subject the child studies, so that he studies something thoroughly in an observational method. If the method be right, it does not matter among the numerous subjects well fitted to develop this important faculty which he chooses or which be chosen for him.
Página 250 - Taking food and drink is a great enjoyment for healthy people, and those who do not enjoy eating seldom have much capacity for enjoyment or usefulness of any sort. Under ordinary circumstances it is by no means a purely bodily pleasure. We do not eat alone, but in families, or sets of friends and comrades; and the table is the best centre of friendships and of the domestic affections. When, therefore, a workingman says that he has worked all his life to procure a subsistence for himself and his family,...