The New England Magazine, Volume 3New England Magazine Company, 1891 |
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... tion in 1821 , the same year that Mark Hopkins entered Williams as a sophomore , and continued in it fifteen years , during which period 311 names were added to the list of graduates . The new president found larger classes ; for of ...
... tion in 1821 , the same year that Mark Hopkins entered Williams as a sophomore , and continued in it fifteen years , during which period 311 names were added to the list of graduates . The new president found larger classes ; for of ...
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... tion . The year following , a book made up of twenty - two discourses and addresses of his was published under the title , Miscella- neous Essays and Discourses . These ex- cellent volumes increased his reputation the country over ...
... tion . The year following , a book made up of twenty - two discourses and addresses of his was published under the title , Miscella- neous Essays and Discourses . These ex- cellent volumes increased his reputation the country over ...
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... tion are so slight , that the tendency toward gain or loss is difficult to detect . Gains are offset by losses ; and still production shows a steady increase ; it corresponds to the increase of popula- tion , and outstrips this gain by ...
... tion are so slight , that the tendency toward gain or loss is difficult to detect . Gains are offset by losses ; and still production shows a steady increase ; it corresponds to the increase of popula- tion , and outstrips this gain by ...
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... tion without making money in the same proportion . And if the income of the whole farming - class was lowered $ 61 per man in thirty years , while the farm - hands diminished considerably , it points to the presumption that the average ...
... tion without making money in the same proportion . And if the income of the whole farming - class was lowered $ 61 per man in thirty years , while the farm - hands diminished considerably , it points to the presumption that the average ...
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... tion exhibitions of greater mental activity , because one member had four poems to read and another member had two lyrics , not knowing that the procedure of the two sections is as wide apart as the poles , and that while one section ...
... tion exhibitions of greater mental activity , because one member had four poems to read and another member had two lyrics , not knowing that the procedure of the two sections is as wide apart as the poles , and that while one section ...
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