Word: monumentous
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...last lecture by the Historical Club proved to me conclusively that the Valtelline Pass was a monument to the discovery of Vaseline - first used here to keep the trunks of Pyrrhus's elephants from chapping, and their chests from feeling the ill effects of the failure of the army's supply of St. Jacob's Oil. ["Cures all affections of the lungs!" "The 'only' panacea!" "Millions in it!"] Finally, at a German reading, when I tried calmly to enjoy the beauties of Goethe, I found myself perfectly competent to give an elaborate and exact account of the natural history...
...King of China, having a great respect for our beloved George Washington, made him a present of the watch on the latter's twenty-first birthday [cheers from the Americans]. George, always rewarding the brave, gave the watch to me after, as you remember, I shinned Bunker Hill Monument, and tore down the British flag. I would not part with the watch for worlds, but I have nine small children and a hungry wife to feed, and must raise money for their support...
...monument of dangers past...
...ball prevented its use. Beacon Park is always open, and the manager has kindly put it at the disposal of all who wish to train; yet its distance from the college was discouraging. At last, a happy thought struck some one, to measure off the path around the Soldiers' Monument. It was done, and a very good track of one hundred yards, quarter-mile, half-mile, and mile has been made of it; and it is there that most men do their running and walking now, though the number at Beacon daily increases...
...late at night I was crossing Jarvis Field on my way home, when suddenly I saw before me a tall white figure. I stared in amazement, for the figure looked strangely familiar, and I recognized that it was no other than the soldier from the top of the monument on the Common. "Heavens," thought I, "he has heard of the Harvard Rifle corps, and has come to join it." I was about to tell him that he had mistaken the time, when he silently beckoned me to follow him, and stalked away with a gait that was rather unsteady, because...