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Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 January 1864
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1151 - L Jan. 20:4/2 - Prof. Louis Agassiz, will lecture before the li-
brary association at Brainard's hall. He is universally known as the
most talented scientific man in the United States. - (2)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 January 1864
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p.4, col.5
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1152 - L. Jan. 21:4/5 - Professor Agassiz, the distinguished savant, lec-
tured last night on the effects of a large accumulation of snow upon
the valley sides down which glaciers make their way. Tonight the object
will be to show that the climate of the earth, in past ages, has oscil-
lated from hot to cold. (5)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 January 1864
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p.4, col.4
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1153 - L. Jan. 22:4/4 - Professor Agassiz told in his lecture of immense
glaciers having covered the larger portion of the northern hemisphere.
He explained how glaciers were made and gave a complete history of the
largest ones. The audience was delighted to hear him put himself with
Professor Guiet, a foreigner too, on the platform of American citizen-
ship. - - (9)