[Pg 176] PITCH WAILAKI The Pitch Wailaki are close relatives of the Eel River Wailaki.
— from California Athabascan Groups by Martin A. Baumhoff
"Any costly resurfacing of the existing roads will fasten them where they are for generations," says General Stone.
— from The Future of Road-making in America by Archer Butler Hulbert
Thus, if we concede to priority of possession the undisturbed use of land, confiscating rent for the benefit of the community, we reconcile the fixity of tenure which is necessary for improvement with a full and complete recognition of the equal rights of all to the use of land.
— from Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth by Henry George
Many students, such as Morelli and Comparetti, have garnered their songs, language, customs and lore, and whoever wants a convenient résumé of these earlier researches will find it in Pellegrini's book which was written in 1873 (printed 1880).
— from Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
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