These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Division of Labor, Division of Labor, Dixie.
in economics, a theory based on the principle that industry can be best carried on when each man has a special work to do. Constant practice in doing the same thing leads to a perfection which could otherwise be attained.
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in biology, a conception borrowed from economics and introduced into biology by Milne- Edwards, to describe the difference of function exhibited by the individual members of an animal colony, or by the different organs, tissues, and cells of a single organism. Th The figure of a hydroid colony, Hydractinia, shows how members, primarily and fundamentally the same in structure, become set apart as nutritive, reproductive, sensitive, and protective. The same division of labor or predominance of special functions in different individuals is beautifully illustrated in the Siphonophora.
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DOROTHEA LYNDE, an American philanthropist; born in Worcester, Mass., in 1805. In her youth she supported herself by teaching, but in 1830 fell heir to some property , after which she devoted her life to the relief and betterment of lunatics, paupers, and criminals. She published several children's books, and, in 1845, "Prisons and Prison Discipline." She died in Trenton, N. J., July 19, 1887.
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JOHN ALDEN, an American public official, born in Glens Falls, N. Y., in 1860. He graduated from Cornell University in 1883. He engaged in business and became identified with a number of important financial and industrial organizations. He was also active in politics and in 1908 was Democratic nominee for lieutenant-governor of New York. He was defeated, but was elected governor for the term 1910-1912.
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MORGAN, an American clergyman; born in New York, Nov. 1, 1827, son of Gen. John A. Dix. He was graduated at Columbia in 1848 and at the General Theological Seminary in 1852, being Episordained priest in the Protestant copal Church in 1853. After 1862 he was rector of Trinity Parish, New York City. He published "The Seven Deadly Sins"; "Sermons"; "Gospel and Philosophy," etc. He died April 29, 1908.
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the Southern States. The origin of the term is involved in dispute. Some hold that it is derived from the term, Mason and Dixon's line , that divided the slave from the free states. Others claim that the name sprang from a certain Dixie, a large slaveholder of Manhattan Island. He permitted his servants to enjoy life so well that Dixie or Dixie's became a traditional term in negro minstrelsy for a sort of earthly paradise. 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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a small town in the north of Belgium, about ten miles S. of Ostend and equally distant, in a northerly direction, from Ypres. It was the center of that little portion of the western edge of Belgium which the Belgian army was able to hold after the invasion of their country by the Germans, in the latter part of 1914, and was the center of a continuous struggle that lasted during the entire war. The Belgians were firmly intrenched here, and Dixmude was the center of the heaviest of the German artillery and infantry attacks. One of the biggest engagements fought on this sector was that which began on July 31, 1917, when the British and French forces launched their offensive against the Germans on a twenty-mile front, extending from Dixmude to Warneton, to the south, and which resulted in a notable victory, ten towns and 5,000 prisoners being captured during the first day.
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dik'son, George, an English navigator. He was an officer on the Resolution during Cook's last voyage. Later he was sent out on an independent exploring expedition and discovered the Queen Charlotte Islands. He was the author of A Voyage Round the World, Published in 1789. He died about 1800.
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WILLIAM HEPWORTH, an English author; born in Manchester, June 30, 1821. In 1849 he published a memoir of Howard the philanthropist, which was followed by the "Life of William Penn" (1851), and by a work on Admiral Blake (1852). In 1853, after having been a contributor, he became chief editor of the "Athenæum," a post which he retained till 1869. During this period he published several very popular works, including the "Personal History of Lord Bacon," "The Holy Land," "New America," and "Spiritual Wives." After his retirement from the "Athenæum," he published about 25 volumes of history, travel, and fiction, among others, "Free Russia"; "Her Majesty's Tower"; "The Switzers"; "History of Two Queens, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn"; etc. He died in London, Dec. 27, 1879.
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a city of Illinois, the countyseat of Lee co. It is on the Rock river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Illinois Central railroads. Its industries include the manufacture of condensed milk, shoes, plows, wagons, wire, cloth, furniture, Portland cement, etc. It is the seat of the Northern Illinois Normal School and the Rock River Military Academy, and has a handsome Pop. court house and a public library. (1910) 7,216; (1920) 8,191.
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a strait on the W. coast of North America, separating Queen Charlotte Islands from the Prince of Wales Archipelago, and so dividing Britsh territory from a part of Alaska.
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HENRY, an American actor, born in Boston in 1859. In 1868 he became a member of the stock company of the Howard Athenæum of Boston. He afterward appeared in various com- He made a great success in panies. "Adonis," acting as a comedian in many plays in England and the United States.
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a town in the Persian province of Khuzistan, about 190 miles W. of Ispahan, on the river Diz, here crossed by a handsome bridge of 20 arches. It has over 35 sacred tombs, and nearly as many mosques; but half the town consists of subterranean excavations in the rock, on account of the heat.
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Minister of Marine in the Turkish Government at the time Turkey definitely decided to throw in her lot with the Central Powers, after the outbreak of the World War, in the fall of 1914. Djemal Pasha, though strongly pro-German, as were most of the leaders of the Young Turk party, then in power, was nevertheless supposed to be the restraining influence which caused the Turkish Government to hesitate for some months after the outbreak of hostilities. After the arrival of the German cruisers, the "Goeben" and the "Breslau ," in Con stantinople, with several hundred technical experts and marines to strengthen the Turkish Navy, he was finally won over and joined his colleagues against the Allied Powers.
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