The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 16Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1919 |
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Stran 8
... became pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle , New York . In 1914 he became chairman of the executive committee of the Church of Peace Union , endowed by Andrew Carnegie . Among his writings are " Quiet Talks with Earnest People in My Study ...
... became pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle , New York . In 1914 he became chairman of the executive committee of the Church of Peace Union , endowed by Andrew Carnegie . Among his writings are " Quiet Talks with Earnest People in My Study ...
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... became general superintendent in 1877-85 , and general manager in 1885-89 , when he resigned . He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889 as the representative of the executive committee of the citizens of Chicago , and was chairman of the ...
... became general superintendent in 1877-85 , and general manager in 1885-89 , when he resigned . He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889 as the representative of the executive committee of the citizens of Chicago , and was chairman of the ...
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... became associated with Sir William Thomson , afterward Lord Kelvin , in experi- ments on the resistance and insulation of elec- tric cables , and his researches on the resistance of gutta - percha were recognized as of great importance ...
... became associated with Sir William Thomson , afterward Lord Kelvin , in experi- ments on the resistance and insulation of elec- tric cables , and his researches on the resistance of gutta - percha were recognized as of great importance ...
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... became very precarious . Gen , E. Kirby Smith , who had been opposing Banks , marched rapidly with three divisions of in- fantry -8,000 men and 14 guns — to join Price and crush Steele . Steele was too strongly en- trenched at Camden to ...
... became very precarious . Gen , E. Kirby Smith , who had been opposing Banks , marched rapidly with three divisions of in- fantry -8,000 men and 14 guns — to join Price and crush Steele . Steele was too strongly en- trenched at Camden to ...
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... became the metropolis of the Jewish world , and the one great pilgrim shrine . Then it became tributary to Rome , but at least still a kingdom governed by its own sovereigns ; such it was when Jesus was born ; but it shortly after became ...
... became the metropolis of the Jewish world , and the one great pilgrim shrine . Then it became tributary to Rome , but at least still a kingdom governed by its own sovereigns ; such it was when Jesus was born ; but it shortly after became ...
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Stran 104 - His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Stran 176 - Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it...
Stran 182 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles."* To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit.
Stran 302 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Stran 117 - The psychiatrists stepped in at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th, centuries.
Stran 232 - The judges are the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, and former Lord Chancellors.
Stran 372 - ... was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Stran 374 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Stran 189 - Any seven or more persons, or, where the company to be formed will be a private company, any two or more persons, associated for any lawful purpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company, with or without limited liability.
Stran 184 - The test of merit in my profession, with the people, is success. It is a hard rule, but I think it right.