I HAVE spent some years as a botanist in the tropics of both hemispheres, and in the mean time have studied pretty thoroughly the tropical domesticated plants. In America and in Asia the principal domesticated tropical plants are represented by the…

— Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze
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She read porn from an adult magazine at a school board meeting where children were present in a stunt that confused everyone.

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People who want to ban books still don't seem to understand what book bans are.

Sometimes, the arguments that school board members make leave you scratching your head...

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It is not our intention to delay the reader here by a conventional preface. As every one knows, the preface is never written until the story is finished; and this story will not be finished in our time, or for many generations after us. A word or two as to our…

— Beatrice Webb
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Le docteur Auguérand a fait une colossale découverte : il prolonge la vie au double, au triple de sa durée normale ! C’est du moins ce que prétend son ami Thismonard, qui depuis trente années l’aide dans ses travaux. Une Commission de savants a été nommée…

— Edmond Haraucourt
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HAD Bassett had some wider knowledge of Dick's condition he might have succeeded better during that bad hour that followed. Certainly, if he had hoped that the mere statement of fact and its proof would bring results, he failed. And the need for haste,…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Walter Raleigh sends two ships to America; how the Indians received the Englishmen.
Queen Elizabeth names the country Virginia; first settlers; what they sent Walter Raleigh.
The Virginia settlement destroyed.
Last days of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Summary.

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5. Teachers
5.1. Teachers truly shape the future of our children—and, therefore, the future of our nation. It is because of this noblest role that the teacher in India was the most respected member of society. Only the very best and most…

— National Education Policy (2020)
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School board meetings have become more jaw-dropping as clashes over book bans have skyrocketed.

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On the afternoon of the same day, Mrs Knox is writing notes in herdrawing-room, at a writing-table which stands against the wall. Anyone placed so as to see Mrs Knox's left profile, will have the door on the right and the window an the left, both further…

— George Bernard Shaw
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From grain bins to lighthouses, rural libraries tend to serve many functions in addition to their traditional purposes: community centers, local history museums, or internet cafes.

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