Word: husbandman
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...monographic form, - and others which want of space prevents us from mentioning. To accomplish all this, extensive journeys had to be undertaken, and Professor Agassiz travelled throughout the length and breadth of the United States, until he became almost as familiar with their broad expanse of country as the husbandman with the few acres which he tills. Through all this great activity he ever kept in view the one object to which his efforts were directed: it was his earnest wish to gather specimens for a natural history of his adopted country, and to present them in classified form; this...