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Page 112
... close of the session , found a large waste - basket which he had stuffed with orders to be executed and had carefully set aside for safe - keeping - and then had completely forgotten . Within half an hour of the opening the volume of ...
... close of the session , found a large waste - basket which he had stuffed with orders to be executed and had carefully set aside for safe - keeping - and then had completely forgotten . Within half an hour of the opening the volume of ...
Page 507
... close together in much the same way . Coniferous trees , in general , seldom possess individual character , such as is manifest among Oaks and Elms . But the California forests are made up of a greater num- ber of distinct species than ...
... close together in much the same way . Coniferous trees , in general , seldom possess individual character , such as is manifest among Oaks and Elms . But the California forests are made up of a greater num- ber of distinct species than ...
Page 514
... close the dim epochs of past time , and renew for our inspection the youth of bird - life on the earth . It is discouraging ever to attempt to translate habits fraught with so profound a significance into words , or to make them ...
... close the dim epochs of past time , and renew for our inspection the youth of bird - life on the earth . It is discouraging ever to attempt to translate habits fraught with so profound a significance into words , or to make them ...
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