Word: barrenness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...days. As there is every reason to believe that we have not yet seen the last of winter and that this week's experience may be duplicated in the near future, I trust that my slight suggestion, or rather intimation as to its desirability, may not fall on barren ground...
...copies of each magazine, certainly of the more important ones, should be taken by the library. Then one copy can always be reserved and in reach of the students, while the other may be taken out as heretofore. We trust that this very reasonable suggestion may not fall on barren ground. No hindrances should be cast in the path of a student of Harvard college which the expenditure of a few dollars might dispense with...
...south of the equator, nevertheless the idea is seriously entertained and a part of the work of the expedition will be the examination of the exact facts in regard to climate and atmospheric clearness, facilities for work and transportation, communications, etc., to be found in Peru. The country is barren in the extreme and the fact that wood and water is scarce may interfere with the construction of a permanent observatory, but the rainless conditions are favorable as they give assurance that the interruptions of work from causes which are here so common will not occur, and as the station...
...seems to us that the point which our correspondent makes in his communication is a good one. Several times complaints have been published in our columns on the subject, but apparently our words of wisdom have fallen on barren ground. There is no reason why our debates should not attain nearly as high a standard as those of the great debating clubs at Princeton, for instance, yet there usually seems to be but little effort on the part of five-minute speakers to do more than merely exercise their voices for the benefit of nobody. We trust that the eyes...
During the recess, the college slaves have been making extensive preparations for the new shrubs which are to be laid out in the yard. The barren south side of Grays is to have a facade of green also...