The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Том 55

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M. Bailey, 1909
 

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Страница 255 - OFT have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat, Lay down his burden, and with reverent feet Enter, and cross himself, and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er ; Far off the noises of the world retreat ; The loud vociferations of the street Become an tmdistinjruishable roar.
Страница 236 - Toombs said, which he did not say, " that he would call the roll of his slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill...
Страница 42 - But it is recognized that the state as quasi-sovereign and representative of the interests of the public has a standing in court to protect the atmosphere, the water, and the forests within its territory, irrespective of the assent or dissent of the private owners of the land most immediately concerned (Kansas vs.
Страница 395 - You have built what you or others might have built anywhere, but you have destroyed something that was unique in the world.
Страница 42 - Massachusetts at least), we do not think the proposed legislation would operate to 'take' private property within the inhibition of the Constitution. While it might restrict the owner of wild and uncultivated lands in his use of them, might delay his taking some of the product, might...
Страница 79 - Forestry is now practised on 70 per cent, of the forests publicly owned and on less than 1 per cent, of the forests privately owned, or on only 18 per cent, of the total area of forests. The yearly growth of wood in our forests does not average more than 12 cubic feet per acre.
Страница 42 - The court of errors and appeals of New Jersey has adopted a similar view, which has recently been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Страница 47 - Members of Congress and others into conference. We agree that further action is advisable to ascertain the present condition of our natural resources and to promote the conservation of the same; and to that end we recommend...
Страница 118 - Of all the sinful wasters of man's inheritance on earth," said the late Professor Shaler, "and all are in this regard sinners, the very worst are the people of America." This is not a popular phrase, but a scientific judgment. It is borne out by facts. In the movement of modern times, which has made the world commercially a small place and has produced a solidarity of the race such as never before existed, we have come to the point where we must to a certain extent regard the natural resources of...
Страница 431 - It is impossible to contemplate this scene, so perfectly Oriental, without feeling the early associations of Arabian romance, and almost expecting to see the white arm of some mysterious princess beckoning from the gallery, or some dark eye sparkling through ve lattice. The abode of beauty is here as if it had been inhabited but yesterday; but where are the two sisters, where the Zoraydas and Lindaraxas!

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