Annals of IowaIowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives, 1908 |
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... fact that the major drainage features of Iowa date back at least to late Tertiary times . and that the main waterways were initiated upon an old Tertiary peneplain . In this region it is also clearly demon- strated that during glacial ...
... fact that the major drainage features of Iowa date back at least to late Tertiary times . and that the main waterways were initiated upon an old Tertiary peneplain . In this region it is also clearly demon- strated that during glacial ...
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... facts to which reference will be made later , going to show the infer- ence to be the correct one . East from Capital hill , a broad valley extends to the sharp Four Mile ridge . This valley is three or four miles in width . There is no ...
... facts to which reference will be made later , going to show the infer- ence to be the correct one . East from Capital hill , a broad valley extends to the sharp Four Mile ridge . This valley is three or four miles in width . There is no ...
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... fact this constitution was rejected by the people on account of the state boundaries as therein fixed , but with these changed it was afterwards adopted with few alterations and became the constitution of the State . In 1854 he was ...
... fact this constitution was rejected by the people on account of the state boundaries as therein fixed , but with these changed it was afterwards adopted with few alterations and became the constitution of the State . In 1854 he was ...
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... profound discernment which enabled him , it would seem beyond any man of his time , to so clearly foretell the mighty events which lay in the future . I have referred to the fact that many of the JUDGE JONATHAN C. HALL . 25.
... profound discernment which enabled him , it would seem beyond any man of his time , to so clearly foretell the mighty events which lay in the future . I have referred to the fact that many of the JUDGE JONATHAN C. HALL . 25.
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I have referred to the fact that many of the lawyers of that time , and perhaps largely as a class , were convivial . Do not let me be misunderstood , for while they were more or less convivial , they were not debauched . The flowing ...
I have referred to the fact that many of the lawyers of that time , and perhaps largely as a class , were convivial . Do not let me be misunderstood , for while they were more or less convivial , they were not debauched . The flowing ...
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Página 253 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Página 141 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born, across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 249 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one.
Página 224 - Lastly (and which was not least), a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make some way thereunto, for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for the performing of so great a work.
Página 579 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Página 588 - Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.
Página 579 - And ever near us, though unseen. The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe Is life — there are no dead.
Página 141 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Página 622 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Página 172 - The summit of the Grand Peak, which was entirely bare of vegetation and covered with snow, now appeared at the distance of fifteen or sixteen miles from us, and as high again as what we had ascended...