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... to the average high altitude, is a negligible industry in the Reserve, little more being done than to raise a little fruit, grain and vegetables, mainly for home consumption. Naturally there is a fair amount of grazing, almost the whole area of the Reserve being used ...

— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James

... produced in the interior of the body chiefly in the muscles and great glands, and the increased afflux of blood brings more heat to the surface. A certain degree of swelling of the tissue is due to the dilatation of the vessels; but this is a negligible factor as compared with the effect of the presence of the fluid and cells of the exudate.[1] The fluid distends the tissue spaces, and it may pass from the tissue and accumulate on surfaces or in the large cavities within the body. The greatly increased discharge from the nose in ...

— Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman

... home with it. I tried to take six cantaloups home in a paper bag the other night and had a bad enough time of it. Cement, when it is in good form, must be much worse than cantaloup, and the redeemable remnants of the bag must be negligible. But why charge extra for using paper bags? That seems like adding whatever it is you add to injury. Apologies, rather than extra charge, should be in order. However, I suppose that these cement people understand ...

— Love Conquers All • Robert C. Benchley

... the adjoining gallery 98, is almost negligible in a building where there is so much really worth seeing though some of the paintings by Felix Hidalgo ...

— An Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition • Shelden Cheney

... Despotism was in a sense forced upon the emperors: they were not reluctant, but, had they been so, they would still have had little choice. The primary causes of the decline of literature, as of the decay of life and morals, lie much deeper. The influence of princeps and principate, though not negligible, is ...

— Post-Augustan Poetry - From Seneca to Juvenal • H.E. Butler

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