Life of W. J. McGee: Distinguished Geologist, Ethnologist, Anthropologist, Hydrologist, EtcPriv. print., 1915 - 240 páginas |
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... century . He must have been particularly interested in mathe- matics . He discusses the whole subject of Arithmetic and gives unique but simple illustrations of the solution of ex- amples under almost every division of the subject ...
... century . He must have been particularly interested in mathe- matics . He discusses the whole subject of Arithmetic and gives unique but simple illustrations of the solution of ex- amples under almost every division of the subject ...
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... century continually put forth . He started a blacksmith shop in Farley , Iowa , worked at the business for a time and was successful in it ; but such work was not his calling and he soon abandoned the trade 40 LIFE OF W J MCGEE.
... century continually put forth . He started a blacksmith shop in Farley , Iowa , worked at the business for a time and was successful in it ; but such work was not his calling and he soon abandoned the trade 40 LIFE OF W J MCGEE.
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... century , no rations in a condensed form have been found equal to the good old frontiersman's standby of bacon and beans . ― I had no tent or other bar against nature , nor did I desire one . I liked the sky above me , and as the ...
... century , no rations in a condensed form have been found equal to the good old frontiersman's standby of bacon and beans . ― I had no tent or other bar against nature , nor did I desire one . I liked the sky above me , and as the ...
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... centuries before Colum- bus . Man's second greatest industrial advance was no so little thing as harnessing electricity , but was the painfully slow and mystery - burdened mastery of the sharp edge- the Conquest of the Knife . This was ...
... centuries before Colum- bus . Man's second greatest industrial advance was no so little thing as harnessing electricity , but was the painfully slow and mystery - burdened mastery of the sharp edge- the Conquest of the Knife . This was ...
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... century was that per- formed by the pioneers in destroying the magnificent forests of the western frontier in Ohio and neighboring States - a work that bent the backs , though it did not break the spirits of eastern - born men and women ...
... century was that per- formed by the pioneers in destroying the magnificent forests of the western frontier in Ohio and neighboring States - a work that bent the backs , though it did not break the spirits of eastern - born men and women ...
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Página 91 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 25 - MY days are gliding swiftly by ; And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly, — Those hours of toil and danger. For, oh ! we stand on Jordan's strand ; Our friends are passing over ; And, just before, the shining shore We may almost discover.
Página 24 - Let every lamp be burning. 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, We need not cease our singing ; That perfect rest naught can molest, Where golden harps are ringing. 4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow, Each chord on earth to sever ; Our King says come, and there's our home, Forever, O forever ! CHORUS.
Página 205 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.
Página 71 - Soil Erosion," published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture, is a complete and graphic refutation — if such were really needed — of this contention. His last work, completed less than a month before his death, and also...
Página 126 - The poison, however, had left its mark upon him. The skin rotted and fell off until it left the bones and sinews bare, with a horrible smell. The wound was in the wrist, and the poison had reached as far as the shoulder when he was cured. The skin on all this fell off.
Página 198 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 205 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Página 42 - Mix'd with dross the purest gold ; Seek we then for heavenly treasures, — Treasures never waxing old. Let our best affections centre On the things around the throne : There no thief can ever enter ; Moth and rust are there unknown. 2 Earthly joys no longer please us ; Here would we renounce them all ; Seek our only rest in Jesus, — Him our Lord and Master call.
Página 24 - Strand. 8s & 7s. (Trio, 83.) days are gliding swiftly by, And I, a pilgrim stranger, Would not detain them as they fly, — Those hours of toil and danger.