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...ting, empty porter pots, and scattered fragments of straw. Seated, like an African chief, on one of these pieces of matting, the dwarf was regaling hi... ...gh all over the West of England.’ ‘I have talked to men of your craft from North, East, and South, ’ returned their host, in rather a hasty man ner; ... ...unted him night and day. ‘The younger brother had been a traveller in many countries, and had made his pilgrimage through life alone. His voluntary ba...

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...ght, and the sophomore and freshmen speakers. Follow- ing the drag was the North Adams " band," and then came the fresh men in a blaze of fireworks. T... ...r was the fac- ulty overlooked. One of the best a))prociatnd was " Hail to North Ad ! " No wonder, for oven the Hoosao Valley had to run an ex- tra ca... ... Oration After the noise around the fire 1910 CANK COMMITTEE had subsided. Northrop Clarey '07, of Great Barrington made the opening address. "Fellow ... ...y much alike in both cases—internal uprisings. The ultimate jjower of both countries rests with the people, although the members of the ruling bodies ... ...velt and the Ger- man Kaiser are striving for the best iiiteiests of their countries, and also for more peaceful inter- national relations. This excha... ...k which must be done. The yearly increase of Christian- ity in the heathen countries by conversion is 125,000: the yearly increase of heathens by birt... ...strated lecture by Professor Rice on "The Mystery of the Nile," that great African river which, rising nearly four thousand miles from the sea, flows ...

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...ng one of the main revetments—the huge stone- faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river—and permitted h... ...oke showing no more than pale yellow in the sun’s glare. East and west and north and south the construction-trains rattled and shrieked up and down th... ...d to the others, mother, they return. I creep from temple to temple in the North, where they worship one God and His Prophet; and presently my image i... ...e was very nearly sunk, and her riddled hull gave emi- nent lawyers of two countries great profit. After a season she reappeared as the Martin Hunt pa... ...kards for whom a sea-voyage was recommended; there were frowzy little West African boats, full of rats and cock- roaches, where men died anywhere but ...

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...The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage, which I had unde...

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...ig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I m... ...akfast. Here I cannot but remember the advice of the cook, a simple hearted African. ‘‘Now,’’ says he, ‘‘my lad, you are well cleaned out; you haven’... ...or New York. We desired her to report the brig Pilgrim, from Boston, for the north west coast of America, five days out. She then filled away and left... ..., of course, is not kept up off Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, and in extreme north and south latitudes; but I have seen the decks washed down and scr... ...go to hell after all, would be hard indeed!’’ Our cook, a simple hearted old African, who had been through a good deal in his day, and was rather ser... ... of curious and useful information in seamanship, ship’s customs, foreign countries, etc., from their long yarns and equally long disputes. No man ... ...r crews, in the course of a year, than the masters of vessels from Catholic countries. Yankees don’t keep Christmas, and shipmasters at sea never k... ...ch any one might have seen could not be right, and which turned out to be an African Baptist meeting house. But my friend had many capital points of ...

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... use of barbed wire or construct a trench to defy shrapnel. Suppose in the North Sea we got a surprise like that, and fished out a parboiled, half-dro... ...s a windless day; there was a brisk, fluctuating breeze blowing out of the north over the downs. It seemed hardly to affect our flight at all. And as ... ...sades, barbarous invasions, set-backs, but to that state all Asia, Europe, North Africa worked its way with an indomitable pertinacity. The enor- mous... ..., laxly scattered, sea-linked association of ancient states and new-formed countries, Oriental nations, and con- tinental colonies? What will enable i... ...again, are New Zealand and Australia, facing South America and the teeming countries of Eastern Asia; 29 H. G . Wells surely it is in relation to the... ...ssentially the social unit is the Family, and even where, as in Mohammedan countries, there is no legal or customary restriction upon polygamy, monoga... ...- other twenty-six millions were foreigners. Another nine mil- lion are of African negro descent. Fourteen million of the sixty-five million native-bo... ...lectual power from the British Colonel Norths, for ex- ample, or the South African Joels. In my “Future in America” I have taken the former largely at...

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...x offices across the country and soon becoming the most successful film in North American history. In 1978, Lucas began production of the second chapt... ...e. This is the freedom we fight for when we send our military into foreign countries to overthrow oppres- sive regimes. And this is the soul of the na... ... for and never have. We are the most diverse country in the world. We have African Americans, Latin Americans, Asian Americans Christians, Jews, Musli... ...hment are equally compelling. For one, the death penalty is biased against African Americans. Statistical evi- dence shows that African Americans are ... ...are four times more likely to receive the death penalty than Cau- casians. African Americans comprise only 13 per- cent of the U. S. population, but 4...

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...s Flashes the fire of sadness, for they see The icicles that famish all the North, Where men lie frozen in the glimmering snow; And in the flaming fores... ...cient Ollave said, While he bent down his fading head. ‘He drives away the Northern cold.’ They will not hush, the leaves a flutter round me, the beech... ...shy place, A lug worm with its grey and muddy mouth Sang that somewhere to north or west or south There dwelt a gay, exulting, gentle race Under the g... ...en the wolves, They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes, Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves In cavern, crevice, hole, Defending Irel... ...en the wolves, They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes, Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves In cavern, crevice, or hole, Defending I... ...tugged and struggled there As though a stag and unicorn were met Among the African Mountains of the Moon, Until at last the double horns, drawn backwa...