...the present and procuring cause in a theory to explain, philosophically, the origin of the prairies: "Next in importance to the Divine profusion of water,...air, those three great physical facts which render exigence possible, may be reckoned the universal beniflcence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats...

...presentation of an original and decidedly unique paper entitled "Blue Grass." Starting with the assertion that next in importance to the Divine profusion of water, light, and air, which render existence possible, may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass, in which he included,...

...present and procuring cause in a theory to explain, philosophically, the origin of the prairies: ' ' Next in importance to the Divine profusion of water,...may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats and vapors to the gigantic cane congested with its saccharine secretion,...

...the soldiers of Xenophon as they stood upon the shore and shouted " Thalatta ! " It was Blue Grass, unknown in Eden, the final triumph of nature, reserved...may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats and vapors to the gigantic cane congested with its saccharine secretion,...

...written by Mr. Imralls many years ago. The much-admired passage Is accordingly given a place here: "Next In Importance to the divine profusion of water, light and air, In >!"• three physical facts which render existence possible, may be reck oned the universal beneficence...

...sentiment : "Next in importance to the divine profusion of water. 84 85 light and air, those three physical facts which render existence possible, may...dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than those minute tenants of that mimic wilderness, our earliest recollections are of grass; and when the...

...the shore and shouted, "Thalatta!" It was Blue Grass, unknown in Eden, the final triumph of^Nature, reserved to compensate her favorite offspring in the...may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats and vapors to the gigantic cane congested with its saccharine secretion,...

...prose poem : " Next in importance to the divine profusion of water, light, and air — those three physical facts which render existence possible —...beneficence of grass. Lying in the sunshine among buttercups and dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than the minute tenants of that mimic...

...Ingalls must have been sweeping through the land of the Five Tribes when he conceived this prose poem : " Next in importance to the divine profusion of water, light, and air — those three physical facts which render existence possible — may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass....

...to the soldiers of Xenophon as they stood upon the shore and shouted "Thalatta!" It was Blue Grass, unknown in Eden, the final triumph of nature, reserved...may be reckoned the universal beneficence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats and vapors to the gigantic cane congested with its saccharine secretion,...