Annual Report of the Carnegie Free Library, Allegheny, Pa, Volúmenes1-20

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Página 9 - that is about as much as our race Is above that of the African Negro. This estimate, which may seem prodigious, Is confirmed by the quick intelligence and high culture of the Athenian commonalty, before whom literary works were recited and works of art exhibited,
Página 9 - Is confirmed by the quick intelligence and high culture of the Athenian commonalty, before whom literary works were recited and works of art exhibited, of a far more severe character than could possibly be appreciated by the average of our race, the calibre of whose intellect is easily gauged by a glance at the contents of a railway book-stall.
Página 9 - • The average ability of the Athenian race is, on the lowest possible estimate, very nearly two grades higher than our own (Anglo-Saxon); that is about as much as our race Is above that of the African
Página 32 - and it is hereby ordained and enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the
Página 35 - shall be placed in the City Treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the
Página 36 - shall be placed in the city treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the
Página 32 - Said tax to be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other city taxes are levied and collected.
Página 21 - as needlessly complicated, and one of his critics among his own countrymen, to whom such dissection of a subject generally appeals as the very acme of logical treatment, thinks it admirably adapted for a chart to hang on the wall, but altogether forbidding in a printed book.
Página 16 - Milton being asked by a friend, whether he would instruct his daughters in the different languages, replied: "No, Sir, one tongue is
Página 24 - all day, went fiercely down upon the hills ; the rain drew back into the country ; the sun came forth in all its

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