The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 56
... possible , and very conspicu- ous in the jungle . The chief high - roads leading from very large nests are a good foot across , and the white sand of their beds is visible a long distance away . I once knew a family of opossums living ...
... possible , and very conspicu- ous in the jungle . The chief high - roads leading from very large nests are a good foot across , and the white sand of their beds is visible a long distance away . I once knew a family of opossums living ...
Page 58
... possible to ant height , I wit- nessed a terrible struggle . Two giants of the largest soldier maxim caste were locked in each other's jaws , and to my horror , I saw that each had lost his abdomen . The antennæ and the abdomen petiole ...
... possible to ant height , I wit- nessed a terrible struggle . Two giants of the largest soldier maxim caste were locked in each other's jaws , and to my horror , I saw that each had lost his abdomen . The antennæ and the abdomen petiole ...
Page 74
... possible to approve , as consti- tutional , such measures . If by ' class legislation ' we mean legislation that favors or restricts some special group in the community , then many of our more important modern laws must plead guilty to ...
... possible to approve , as consti- tutional , such measures . If by ' class legislation ' we mean legislation that favors or restricts some special group in the community , then many of our more important modern laws must plead guilty to ...
Page 78
... possible . A continuation of the laissez- faire individualism of the nineteenth century would have resulted in the creation of a new aristocracy based on wealth rather than on birth , in the beginning , at least , — which , if unre ...
... possible . A continuation of the laissez- faire individualism of the nineteenth century would have resulted in the creation of a new aristocracy based on wealth rather than on birth , in the beginning , at least , — which , if unre ...
Page 83
... possible shade crossed Mrs. Pennefather's face . She rose , and excused herself . ' Don't keep the tray for me , ' she said . ' I may be some time . I really had finished . ' She moved away toward the ouija booths and closed the door of ...
... possible shade crossed Mrs. Pennefather's face . She rose , and excused herself . ' Don't keep the tray for me , ' she said . ' I may be some time . I really had finished . ' She moved away toward the ouija booths and closed the door of ...
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