Word: maelstrom
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interest in other matters draw them from their duties. The third class commonly known as 'digs,' are those who possess a stern sense of duty, or in whose minds the seeds of wisdom have sprung up and reach out their tiny leaflets on every side sucking in like the maelstrom, everything which comes within its reach...