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We can say, as Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, It is not we who come to consecrate the dead we reverently come to receive, if so it may be, some consecration to ourselves and daily work from him. A letter to a German friend extract May 31, '82. "From to-day I enter upon my 64th year.
There was plenty both of grass and water for the horses, but most of them continued to grow weaker. August 30 and 31.
The banner month was July, when 317,000 American soldiers were safely landed. In September, 311,219 American troops, 4,000 American sailors, and 5,000 Canadians were successfully transported across the Atlantic. The largest single convoy of this month carried to France 31,108, and to England 28,873.
Now, if we estimate the value of this time at ten cents an hour for one person in four, of the population of the United States and this is probably a fair estimate the loss to an individual in a year, or 313 working days, would be $31.30; and in 50 years $1,565. A sum sufficient to buy a good farm in many parts of the country.
From my original plan for your education, I meant to make you 'un homme universel'; what depends on me is executed, the little that remains undone depends singly upon you. Do not then disappoint, when you can so easily gratify me. It is your own interest which I am pressing you to pursue, and it is the only return that I desire for all the care and affection of, Yours. LONDON, May 31, O. S. 1752
"One thing that he said, I noted: that his fancy was for farm-work, but he was not strong enough; he had as a young man some literary ambition, but never thought of attaining the reputation which had come to him. "July 31, 1883. I have had two or three rich days! On Friday last I went to Holderness, N.H., to the Asquam House; I had been asked by Mrs. T. to join her party.
Although comparatively useless, the spirit was ever willing; and this courage, poor fellow, at length caused his death. The next dog who claims a tribute to his memory is 'Killbuck. He was an Australian greyhound of the most extraordinary courage. He stood at the shoulder 28 inches high; girth of brisket, 31 inches.
The latter are manned by 2,431 instructors and have 31,803 students, or one student to every 151 of the population. France has 19,152 students in her professional and technical schools. There are fifteen institutions of higher learning in the University of France, with 180 professors and 12,695 students. These are under the control and patronage of the State.
Thence he begins to return rapidly, but by perceptible degrees, to the old hand, until, on the recto of folio 31, and a page or two before it, he writes, illegibly to most modern eyes, as in fac-simile No. 3, "a proverbe."
In the face of the strong popular affection for the infant Prince of Orange and his mother, even the Estates of Holland dared not consider such terms, and the States-General would have angrily rejected them. After some further parleying therefore about fisheries and trade restrictions, it was felt that no agreement could be reached; and St John and Strickland returned to England on July 31, 1651.
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