Word: ancient
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...coral reefs; the zoologist remembers his vast collection of marine life, gathered in a dozen extended voyages widely scattered over the surface of the globe, and to still others, he appears as one of the greatest benefactors of the oldest university in America; while those who delve among ancient civilizations and primitive races might well be surprised at the extent of his poaching in their preserves." The author was assisted in compiling this splendid work by Professor Barrett Wendell, Mr. Samuel Henshaw, Sir John Murray and Mr. Q. A. Shaw. With portraits and other illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Houghton, Mifflin...
Then Stephen Leacock Esq. (not so much the purveyor of "Nonsense Novels" as the Professor of Political Economy), moved by the Ancient Dame's merry gesture, gave his "Canadian Ec.A." cuts for a month and thought audibly about "College Dormitories." To be sure, his tongue would persist almost suavely, in finding his cheek, and his left eye indulge its habitual wink, but for the greater part of two pages Professor Leacock voices irrefutable solemnities...
...most convincing evidence that boxing is a form of exercise well suited to the development of mind and muscle, is the fact that the sport has lived through one century after another from the days of the ancient Greeks to our own more enlightened times, and today is more popular than ever before. If participation in a form of athletics such as boxing were not beneficial to the development of man's body and brain, it would have perished long ago, so I feel that in writing these lines for the CRIMSON I am speaking of a game that merits...
...Sport," of Dublin, the reviewer writes of "The Dragon," "It is the strongest mixture of ancient and modern fun ever concocted, . . . I have not heard so much genuine hilarity for years", while the critic for the "Stage" of London, says, "'The Dragon' must rank as a distinctive achievement...
...devise a method for measuring in years the length of the latest geological period, which hitherto could be judged but relatively. He is also well-known for his map of the formation of the earth's crust and for his studies of the characteristics and movements of the ancient glaciers of North-western Europe. The former is still useful today and was the best map for many years after its publication...