The Lake Placid Club was a social and recreation club founded 1895 in a hotel on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York, under Melvil Dewey's leadership and according to his ideals. It was instrumental in Lake Placid's development as an internationally-known resort.
Read more about Lake Placid Club: Early Years Until Dewey's Death in 1931, From 1931 To 1971, From 1971 To 1980, The Present, Lake Placid Club in Florida
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back
to the lake of Delos;
lest all the song notes
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across a blood-stained throat....”
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