Californians urged to visit Yosemite amid scarce water
The writer notes drought reducing waterfalls and Yosemite visits, recounts pleasant Pacific Club hospitality in San Francisco, and records Californians urging exploration while locals boast generous Oregon wheat yields, farming profits, and regional growth including churches and cannery work.
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Yosemite
California
Pacific Club
San Francisco
Sir Charles Price
Cliff House
England
Oregon
New Territory
Liverpool
Corvallis
Providence
Nature
el Dorado
Nash
The Evolution of Morality by C Stant Wake
A critique of The Evolution of Morality by C Stant Wake, praising its historical approach to moral culture. The review notes Wake’s depiction of morality across diverse traditions, the role of property and self preservation, and the inclusion of religion within a rational basis for morals. It highlights Herbert Spencer’s supervision and calls the work valuable for students of moral philosophy.
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C. Stant- Land Wake E
London
Trubner and Co
Herbert Spencer
Wake
Giant West Indian manatee secured for Royal Aquarium exhibit
A specimen of the gigantic Manatee or West Indian mermaid has been secured for the Royal Aquarium at Westminster. It is of huge size weighing upwards of half a ton and only one other specimen has ever been brought to Europe.
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Nash
Oregon
Coleridge
Royal Aquarium
Westminster
Europe
Gladstone On Scotch Disestablishment Debate In Commons
Mr Gladstone addresses the 19th in the House of Commons on the Protestant Establishment in Scotland. He debates the Patronage Act of 1874, inquiry methods, and whether a select committee or crown commission should investigate Scotland's church state relation, urging that Scottish public sentiment must guide any decision.
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Gladstone
House of Commons
H. W. Holman
Scotland
Bute
England
Ireland
Church of Scotland
Lord Advocate
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