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...Mark unknown graves. They say long years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE CROSSES. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

Adorn these three deserted, unknown graves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE CROSSES. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

...knowledge of the grammar, especially of the verbs, makes up for some deficiency in translating. As to pronunciation, it faciltates the study of any language not to neglect this in the beginning. It is a strain on the memory to try to retain words of which the sound is unknown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD TO THE WISE. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...very weak argument in favor of their maintenance; as all that England does to increase the world's knowledge is but a drop in the bucket when compared with the achievements of the scholars of Germany, where, at the universities at least, competitive examinations and rich fellowships are entirely unknown. It is asserted that, by the English system, all inclination for original research is not only not fostered, but is even repressed. If these objections to the Cambridge and Oxford methods are really well founded (and an American can hardly profess to be a judge of the matter except with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

Crusted with unknown gems that shone

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN PERU. | 4/10/1874 | See Source »

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