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and Painlevé, 278; faith in the criticises Viviani, Briand, 277 efforts of his country, 279; im- prisons Caillaux, 281; displayed in spring and summer
greatest book, 285, 286; ignor- ant 286-288; wit and humor, 289; subject of economics, compared 290; with Poincaré, 289, George, 290, 291; defeated by compared M. Deschanel, 293; saved coun- try in hour of need, 293, 294; compared with Lincoln, 294. Clement XIV. Pope (1769-74), vill, 319.
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. (Died 30 B. C.) The Woman of Paganism, iii, 311; intellectual, accomplished, fascinating, 311; her godless yet brilliant age, 312; birth of this beautiful, and
the last of the Greek we
of Egypt, 313; atracts Cas Attention, 315; meets and
gles Mark Antony, 316, 2 3:22; who, enslaved, rema with the siren to Alexandtis 322; his marriage with Octa piques Cleopatra, 324; again Alexandria with Egypt's part 325; the seafight at Acism, 326; Antony dies before Sorceress, 329; death of Der patra, 333; other attractive but immoral women of ancient his tory, 335; their influence fatal to men of high place and bition, 337; effect of Paganism on the sex, 338-345; Christian- ity breeds a nobler type of women, 346, 347; vii, 27, 10 149, 251.
"Clerical Life," "Scenes of George Eliot's vii, 357, 360,943 Clerk-Maxwell, James.-(1831-79) Scotch physicist.
magnetic theory of light, 412.
Clermont, Council of (1095 A. D.), ▼, 335, 347.
Cleveland, Grover.
American statesman, xii, 393. - (1837-1908)
Cleves, Langdon, of South Carolina- first president of United State Bank, xii, 62.
Clinton, George.
American general and statesman.
vice-president, and governor at New York (1777-95 and 04), xi, 301. Clinton, Sir Henry.
English general and statesman, xi, 122, 139, 141, 143, 144, 146-
Clive, Lord, Macaulay's essay xiii, 264.
Cloaca Maxima, the great Roman sewer, iii, 103, 107, 209.
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nglish political writer, ix, 251, 57; X, 54; xi, 63.
den, Richard. - English politi- al economist (1804-65), x, 60, 9, 81-83, 86, 89.
le, Mosaic, ii, 107, 112, 113, 23, 125, 126.
le Napoleon, xi, 195. drington, General, at battle of the Alma, x, 184.
celebs in Search of a Wife," vii, 326.
œli Enarrant," Ruskin's, xiv, 101.
›hens v. Virginia, Case of, xii, 352.
Colonists, American, lose their love for England, xi, 47; resistance to her, 48-51; prosperity of, 46; aroused to resist England, 49; New England, 43, 45. Colonna, Vittoria. (1490-1547.) Italian poet. Michael Angelo's friendship with, vi, 213, 300; vii, 227, 250.
Colosseum, The, at Rome, iii, 103, 108, 226, 227, 229, 230. Colossians, Paul's Epistle to the, written from Rome, ii, 448. Columbus, Christopher.
(1446- "Maritime Discoveries,"
1506.) vi, 95; birth, marriage, and studies in navigation, 97, 98; difficulties to be surmounted, 99; early disappointments, 100, 101; encouragement by the prior of convent at Palos, 102; intro- duced to Spanish court, 103; aided by Ferdinand and Isabella he sets forth on his voyage, 106; lands on San Salvador, 108; discovers Cuba and Hayti, and returns to Spain, 109; reception and 2nd expedition, 110, 111; 2nd visit to Hispanola (Hayti) and returns to Spain (1496), 111-113; 3rd and later voyages, 113-115; disappointments though discovering a continent, death, 115; admiral of Spain, 116; his stimulus to maritime adventure, 117, 118; colonization follows, 119, 120; search for gold, 120- 122; mines of Mexico and Peru, 120, 122; decline of in- dustry in Spain owing to thirst for gold, 124; emigration, and American expansion, 126-128; discovery bad for Europe, 131; American slavery among attend- ant evils, 132; new experi- ments in Western World in cus- toms, laws, freedom, etc., 133-
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135; coming and influence of Christianity, 136, 137. Comitia centuriata, Roman, ii, 67. Commandments, Ten, ii, 107, 109,
110; Tables of the, 130, 225. Commerce, Roman, iii, 216. "Commercen," ship, case of, xii, 358.
Committee of Correspondence, xi, 273.
Compromise, Missouri, of 1821, xii,
259; repeal of the, 261. Compromise Legislation, xii, 87. See Clay, Henry. Compromise of 1850 (Omnibus Bill), xii, 258.
Compromise Tariff of 1833, xii, 202.
Concord, Mass., English commander attempts to destroy ammunition and stores at, xi, 51, 236. Concubinage under the Romans, iii, 55.
Condé, Prince of (1530-69.)
French general and Huguenot leader, viii, 117; slain at battle of Jarnac, 120, 126. Condé, Prince de. (1621-86.)
French general, vii, 160, 162. Condé, Prince of (1643-1709), at battle of Senif (1674), viii, 271. Confederacy, Southern, xii, 321. See Lee, Robert E. Confederate paper money, depre- ciation of in Civil War, xii, 342. Confederation, Articles of (U. S.), xii, 323.
"Confessions," Rousseau's, xii, 58,
Confucianism, adherents of, 1, 178. Confucius. (550-478 B. C.?) Chinese philosopher, i, 36; doc- trines of, 67; nearly contem-
porary with Buddha, 84; birth and native name, 145; family, 146; early years, 147-149; great gifts and learning, 149; chief magistrate of Loo (Lu), 149; makes reforms in State, 150; re- signs and wanders from city to city, 151; returns to Loo and spends latter years in revising his writings, 152, 153; habits, 153, 154; death, 153; honors paid to his memory, 155; char- acter, 155; voluminous works, 156; sayings and proverbs, 157-160; views on governing, 161, 162; high morality, 162; wisdom of the sage, 164, 165; writings tend to cement Chinese imperial power, 166; statesman as well as moralist, 167; rules of life, 168-170, exalts friend- ship, 171; inculcates good of the people, 172, 173; literary labors, 174, 175; writings col- lected and studied, 175, 176; his contemporaries, 177, 178; morals, 178.
Congo river, Africa, xiv, 315, 316,
319, 334; Arab and other na- tives of, 340; Free State of, 340.
Congress, Continental, First Meet- ing of, at Philadelphia (Sept., 1774), xi, 50, 191, 233, 273; colonial legislatures sustain its acts, 50; Franklin elected to, 85. Congress of the U. S., xi, 113, 114,
117, 121, 122, 124, 127-129, 132, 133, 137, 142, 153, 154, 159- 161, 163, 180, 184, 200. Congress, Stamp Act, xi, 191. Coniston, Lancashire, Ruskin's home at, xiv, 109, 110. Conquests, Israelitish, ii, 169. Conservatism, ix, 27, 137.
Metternich, Prince.
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necessity of self-defence and de- sire for political unity, v, 327. Constantine, Arch of, iii, 125. Constantine I.-(1868-1923.) King of Greece, XV, 246; ascends throne on assassination of George I, 251; trifles with Allies, 254; abdicates throne, 254; takes up abode in Geneva, 256; returns to Athens, 258. Constantine the Great.-(272-337 A. D.) Roman Emperor (306 A. D.). Christianity enthroned under, iv, 137; birth, early ca- reer, appearance and manners, 143; military career, 144, 145; desires to centralize his king- dom, 144; makes Byzantium (Constantinople) capital of the Empire, 147; here he makes an ostentatious display of his wealth and power, 148, 149; crimes of, 150; conversion to Christianity (312 A. D.), 150; sees cross in the heavens, 151; issues edict of toleration towards Christians, 153; restores their lands and houses, 154; abolishes crucifixion as a punishment, 154; his patronage of the clergy, 155; interested in doctrinal questions, 156; convenes Council of Nicæa, 160, 161; unites the Church with State, 166; death of, after & reign of 31 years, 166; faults and virtues of, 167-169. Constantinople wrested from Greek emperors, v, 341; introduction from, into Europe of Greek lit- erature and art, 341; desecra tion in Crusades of pulpit of Patriarch, 344; Turkish desire
of, 346; Russian designs on, x, 162, 163, 165. Constitution, American, fathers of, xi, 194; adoption of, 198; Eng- lish, 193; Roman, 193. Constitution of the United States, xii, 332, 333.
Constitutional Convention (1787), xi, 189.
Contarini, Gasparo.-(1483-1542.) Venetian ecclesiastic, vi, 300; cardinal, 301.
Continental Army, xi, 138. Contras, Battle of (Oct., 1587), Victory of Henry of Navarre over the League, viii, 129. "Contrat Social," Rousseau's, IL, 27.
Convention, French National (1792- 95), ix, 115; xi, 277. Conway, Henry S.
(172 1-9 5.) English soldier and Whig poli- tician, xi, 83, 301.
Coolidge, Calvin.—(1872- .) Pres- ident of the United States, tribute to Roosevelt, xv, 93, 94. Cooper, J. Fenimore. (1789- 1851.) American novelist, vii, 348.
Cooper, Rev. Dr. Myles.—(1735- 85.) President of King's Col- lege (now Columbia University), xi, 174.
Cooper Institute, New York, Lin- coln's great speech at, Oct., 1859, xii, 268.
Copernicus, Nicolas.-(1473-1543.) Polish founder of modern astron-
omy, vi, 430, 431; Galileo teaches his doctrines, 438; revo- lutionizes astronomy, 442. Corday, Charlotte. (1 76 8-9 3.) Heroine of the French revolu- tion, stabs Marat, and is guillo- tined, ix, 59.
"Corinne," of Mme. de Staël, vii, 284-286, 368, 374.
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Corn Laws, English, Repeal of, ix, 259; x, 60; Cobden's arguments for their repeal influence Sir R. Peel, xiii, 264.
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord.-(1738-
1805.) English soldier and statesman. Surrender at York- town (Oct. 19, 1781), xi, 94, 124, 125, 128-130, 133, 134, 139, 148-150, 182, 240, 382. Cortés, Hernando.
- (1485-1547.) Spanish conqueror of Mexico, vii, 118.
Cossacks, Ukraine, x, 153. Coues, Elliott.-(1842-99.) Ameri-
can biologist and author, his edi- tion of Olcott's "Buddhist Cate- chism," 1, 94.
Council of Trent, vii, 138. "Count Robert of Paris," Scott's novel, xiii, 114, 128.
Coup d'état, French (1799), over- throws the Directory (18th Bru- maire), ix, 119.
Courtesy, Christian, exercise of, in the Crusades, v, 329. Courts of Law, English, ix, 238. Cousin, Victor, French philosopher
(1792-1867), combats material- ism of 18th cent., ix, 220, 221. Doutts, Burdett. Miss (afterwards
Baroness), marriage of, vii, 288. Cowpens, S. C., Battle of (Jan. 17,
Archbishop of Canterbury; theme: "The English Reforma- tion," vi, 255, 256; birth and character, 268, 269; recommends himself to Henry VIII by favor ing the divorce of Catherine, 271; becomes archbishop of Canterbury, 271; reforms in the church, 274, 275; a statesman rather than a preacher, 276; imprisoned by Mary in the Tower, 278; persecutions, 279; dies at the stake, 281; xi, 33. Crécy, Battle of (1346), vii, 74. Creoles of Louisiana, xii, 340. Crete, historical and art discover- ies at, xiv, 387.
Crewe, Lord Robert, pays tribute to Foch, xv, 135.
Crimean War, national parties to, X, 169, 182. See Nicholas, Czar. Crimes, Roman, public and pri vate, iii, 68.
Critias. Athenian orator and poli
tician, one of the Thirty Tyrants (404 B. C.), i, 275.
Criticism and Biography, xiii, 191. See Carlyle, Thomas.
"Critique of Pure Reason" : (Kant's), vii, 285.
Crito (temp. 400 B. C.).-Athe- nian, friend and disciple of Socrates, i, 257. Crockett, Davy.-Famous frontiers. man, xii, 34. Croesus.-King of Lydi& (560
B. C.), Solon's visit to, iii, 32: rich, luxurious, intellectual, at- tracts Solon, the Athenian law. giver, to him, iv, 46; engages in war with Cyrus, but is de- feated, and his rich capital, Sar
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