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Story CHINESE EVOLUTION AND WHAT IT PORTENDS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS CITIZENS ' BANK OF THE UNITED STATES DEATH VALLEY BORAX BEDS Illustrated with Photographs . DOWN THE DEVIL'S SLIDE . Story EL VAQUERO .
Story CHINESE EVOLUTION AND WHAT IT PORTENDS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS CITIZENS ' BANK OF THE UNITED STATES DEATH VALLEY BORAX BEDS Illustrated with Photographs . DOWN THE DEVIL'S SLIDE . Story EL VAQUERO .
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Since the death of his wife , Mr. Bishop has added many collections of Hawaiian and Polynesian origin , by purchase . Besides this , there have been many additions made by the Government and by private parties .
Since the death of his wife , Mr. Bishop has added many collections of Hawaiian and Polynesian origin , by purchase . Besides this , there have been many additions made by the Government and by private parties .
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... but Kamehameha's command to his battle- scarred veterans was : ' Imua e na pokii a inu i ka wai awaawa ' ( onward brothers until you taste the bitter waters of death . ) " Kamehameha ordered his army to ad- vance by way of Waikani ...
... but Kamehameha's command to his battle- scarred veterans was : ' Imua e na pokii a inu i ka wai awaawa ' ( onward brothers until you taste the bitter waters of death . ) " Kamehameha ordered his army to ad- vance by way of Waikani ...
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Blood of beast and man dried in the sun , and there was no profounder death than the past . There was neither means nor use for re- membering anything . True , one might tell another , but that other's memory was a poor docket for facts ...
Blood of beast and man dried in the sun , and there was no profounder death than the past . There was neither means nor use for re- membering anything . True , one might tell another , but that other's memory was a poor docket for facts ...
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The men coquetted with grim death - or , at the very least , a dis- located wish - bone - every second they were on the stage . They turned weird twisters and somersaults and did all sorts of seem- ingly impossible things in the ozone ...
The men coquetted with grim death - or , at the very least , a dis- located wish - bone - every second they were on the stage . They turned weird twisters and somersaults and did all sorts of seem- ingly impossible things in the ozone ...
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