Another factor to be allowed for in establishing the remunerativeness of a service was its value as a feeder to the rest of the system.

In their freight, as in their passenger operations, the N.S. present a picture of clockwork efficiency.

Naturally, the river wasn't wrinkled or creased at all— wrong words, implying something unfluid like skin, something unenduring, prey to age.

In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.