Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Հատոր 48D. Appleton and Company, 1896 |
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Էջ 442 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Էջ 294 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, \/ to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Էջ 696 - Muscorum, however, is Mr. Sullivant's crowning work. It was issued in 1864, and consists of " Figures and Descriptions of most of those Mosses peculiar to Eastern North America which have not been heretofore figured," forming an imperial octavo volume with one hundred and twentynine copperplates.
Էջ 301 - That, in proportion as suitable arrangements can be made for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging or hereafter to belong, to the United States...
Էջ 566 - I had replied that it might similarly be " remarked that the formula — ' bodies attract one another directly as their masses and inversely as the squares of their distances,' was at best but a blank form for solar systems and sidereal clusters.
Էջ 8 - And any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his private books and papers, to convict him of crime, or to forfeit his property, is contrary to the principles of a free government. It is abhorrent to the instincts of an Englishman; it is abhorrent to the instincts of an American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power, but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal...
Էջ 588 - India for the use of the western world ; the usurer, who derived from the interest of money a silent and ignominious profit ; the ingenious manufacturer, the diligent mechanic, and even the most obscure retailer of a sequestered village, were obliged to admit the officers of the revenue into the partnership of their gain : and the sovereign of the Roman empire, who tolerated the profession, consented to share the infamous salary, of public prostitutes.
Էջ 442 - And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
Էջ 348 - The nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene, as thoroughly as are other branches, in all schools under State control, or supported wholly or in part by public money, and also in all schools connected with reformatory institutions. All pupils...
Էջ 299 - Chief justice of the United States The Secretary of State The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of Defense...