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miral, services during English
civil war, viii, 236.
Monks, Primitive, their lofty self-
sacrifices and efforts for holy
meditation, v, 141; St. Basil's
monastic vows-Poverty, Obedi-
ence, and Chastity, 143-147;
the monastery of Benedict at
Monte Casino, near Naples, 147;
celibacy a law of monachism,
146; degeneration of in morals
and discipline, 153; gave the
only education their age afforded,
154;
their singing and devo-
tional exercises, 156; specula-
tions of in the 12th cent., 157;
those of Cîteaux, Morimond,
Pontigny, and Clairvaux, 162;
mendicant friars of the 13th
cent., 163; monachism pe-
culiarly a medieval institution,
166.

Monmouth, Battle of (June 28,
.1778), ii, 140; town of, xi, 140,
329.
Monotheism of the Jews the old-
est authentic religion, i, 29; of
the Egyptians, 31, 32.
Monroe, Fort, Va., xii, 284.
Monroe, James.

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(1758-1831.)
President, negotiates with Na-
poleon for French cession of
Louisiana, xi, 298; administra-
tion of (1817-25), xii, 46, 47;
elected President (1816), 103.
Monroe Doctrine, that the U. S.

should hold aloof from interfer-
ence with affairs of Old World,
and not suffer Powers of Old
World to interfere with those of
the New World, xii, 47.
Montagu, Charles, 1st Earl of Hali-
fax. (1661-1715.) English
statesman, vii, 194, 196.
Montaigne, Michel de.-(1533-92.)
French essayist, i, 163.
Montalembert, Comte de.-(1810-
70.) French publicist and his.
torian, x, 213.

Montauban, Fortress, viii, 120.
Montcalm, Mme. de.-ix, 224.
Montcontour, Battle of, viii, 120.
Montenegro, Russian emissaries in,
X, 154.

"Monterey," The, xiv, 235.
Montespan, Marquise de.-(1641-
1707.) Louis XIV's mistress,
vii, 150-153; disgraced, 153;
dismissed from court, 154; her
brilliant era at Versailles, 157,
158, 165, 166, 174; viii, 267,
275, 311.
Montesquieu, Baron Charles de.-

(1689-1755.) French writer.
His "Spirit of the Laws," vil,
267; praises Mme. de Pompa
dour's intelligence and Voltaire
her beauty, viii, 312; his
Esprit des Lois, 324; xi, 198.
Montfort, Countess of, vii, 70.
Montgomery, Ala., Congress at

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Mordecai.-An instrument of Prov.

idence, ii, 88; ix, 183.
Mordecai, in George Eliot's novel
of "Daniel Deronda," vii, 383.
More, Hannah.-(1745-1833.) Eng-
lish religious writer. Intimacy
with Dr. Johnson, vii, 250, 255,
265, 278; "Education of
Woman," 299; moralist and
teacher, 301; perfect woman,
302; strong-minded, 303; birth
and early years, 304; on inti-
mate terms with eminent men,
305; writings, 306; friendship
with Garrick and Johnson, 308;
disenchanted of society, 311;
opens school at Cheddar, 313;
educational labors, 315; tracts
for the people, 316; other writ-
ings, and their aims, 316-325;
views on society, 325; "Cœlebs
in Search of a Wife," 326; resi-
dence at Barley Wood, 328;
death, 329; evangelical belief,
329; devotion to education and
elevation of her sex, 330; Co-
education, and spheres for
women, 332-341.

Morea, Greece (ancient Pelopon-
nesus), in revolt against Turks
(1820), ix, 289, 290, 297, 300,
311, 313, 314, 320.

Morgan, Daniel.

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American general, xi, 149.
Morgan, De, M.-French archæolo-
gist, discoveries in Elamite
lands, xiv, 380.

Morgan, J. Pierpont. (1837-
1913.) American financier, XV,
223.

Moriah, Mount, site of Solomon's
temple, ii, 210; altar desecrated
and dedicated to Jupiter, 380.
Morley, Mrs. (Queen Anne). See
Marlborough, Duchess of.
Mornay, Philippe de. (1549-
1623.) French diplomat and
Huguenot leader, x, 211, 220.
Morocco, xiv, 326, 341.
Morpeth, Lord.-English politician,
introduces his tithe bill, x, 50.
Morphology, Spencer's "Arguments
from," xiv, 129.

Morris, Dinah, 8 character in
George Eliot's novel of "Adam
Bede," vii, 351, 366.
Morris, Gouverneur. (1752-
1816.) American statesman, xi,
276, 289.

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Morris, Robert. (1734-1806.)
American financier and states.
man, xi, 199, 205, 280.
Morristown, N. J., xi, 130, 177.
"Morte d'Arthur," Tennyson's, xiii,
454.

Mosaic Code, ii, 107, 112, 113,
123, 125, 126; Mosaic dispen-
sation, 222.

Mosaic law, Ritualism of, i, 79;
Mosaic ritual, priest's sacrifices,
ii, 44.

Moscow, Patriarch of, x, 151.
Moscow, Peter the Great sup.

presses rebellion in, viii, 347;
Russian capital transferred to

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St. Petersburg, 355; Empress
Catherine crowned at, 362.
Moscow, Russia, viii, 270, 333,

347, 362; ix, 129,

152, 186, 189, 219.

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156; X,

Moses. (1571-1451 B. C.). Ab-
horrence of belief in transmigra-
tion of souls, i, 41; adept in
the sacred lore of Egypt, ii, 71;
warrior and prophet, 76; He-
brew jurisprudence of,
97;
august character of antiquity,
97; meditative sage and sacred
historian, 98; profound legisla-
tor, 98; birth and lineage, 99;
exposure on the Nile and rescue,
99;

great master of historical
composition, 99; Josephus on
his exploits, 100; avenges
wrongs of his brethren, 100;
tends Jethro's flocks, 101;
writes book of Genesis, 102;
sublime narrator, 103; before
the burning bush, 104; extorts
consent of Pharaoh to let chil-
dren of Israel depart out of
Egypt, 105; the forty years in
Wilderness, 105; Mosaic legis-
lation, 107; the moral code,
107-109; enlightened lawgiver,
110; the ceremonial law, 113;
his codes tend to isolate the
Israelites, 118; divine legation
of, 123-125; character and in-
fluence, 129, 130; "passes from
mortal sight," 131; vi, 213.
Moslem religion, Curse of, xiv,
356.

Mosul, in the Tigris Valley, xiv,

351, 362, 364, 365, 367.
Motley, John Lothrop. (1814-

1.877.)- American historian of
the Dutch Republic, viii, 354,
364; ix, 356; friendship with
Bismarck, x, 270; works on
Netherlands and the Dutch Re-
public, xi, 29.

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bel swears falsely against him,
268; both encompass his death,
269, 270; punishment for, 271-
273.

Nadab and Abihu, Burning of, if,
130.

Nævius, Cnæus.-(Died 204 B.C.).

Roman epic and dramatic poet,
1, 331.

Nagasaki, Japan, xiv, 290.
Names of deities, Egyptian, i, 33,
34.

Nanking, Treaty of (1842), xiv,
268, 270, 271.

Nantes, Edict of (1598), granted

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by Henry IV of France, vi, 243,
325; vii, 166, 167, 169, 269;
viii, 137; revoked by Louis
XIV in 1685, 138, 278, 279;
ix, 85.
Napier, Sir W. F. P. (1785-
1860.) British general and
military historian, xiii, 246, 262.
Naples, King of.-(1851.) Tyran-
nical and cruel government of,
X, 332.

Naples, Revolution in (1820), ix,
173, 279; x, 331.
Napoleon, Louis.

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(1808-73.)

French Emperor (1852-70), at
Mme. Récamier's receptions, vii,
249; x, 100, 167, 170, 177, 178,
181, 195, 196; theme: "The
Second Empire," 201; his three
chief military undertakings: the
Crimean War, war with Austria
(Lombardy campaign), and
Franco-Prussian War, 202;
birth, family, and education in
Switzerland, 204; appears
(1848) on stage of history, 205;
mistakes of the French, as
Thiers put it, when (1) they
took him (Louis Napoleon) for
a fool, and (2) when they took
him for a man of genius, 207;
the coup d'état (1851), 209,

211, 217; elected President,
then (Dec., 1852) Emperor, 213;
student of first Napoleon, 216;
military vanity of French, ap-
peal to, 218; alliance with Eng-
land in war with Russia, 223;
Crimean campaign, 224; beau-
tifies Paris, 226; cunning and
duplicity, 231; Sardinian cam-
paign, 233; interferes in Mex-
ico, 235; withdraws his troops
from, 236; battle of Worth, Em-
peror at Metz, 242; all lost at
Sedan, surrender, 243; fall,
disappears from history,

244;
245.
Napoleon Bonaparte. (1769-
1821.) French Emperor (1804-
14), viii, 204; removal of his
remains from St. Helena to
France, 353; ix, 26, 35, 95;
theme: "The French Empire,"
105; victories prodigious and
unexampled, 105; a military
prodigy, 106; marvellous indus-
try, 107; critical powers in
arts, letters, and science, 107;
magnanimous, though his will
was law, 108; arbitrary and
impatient of contradiction, 108;
ambition, egotism, and selfish-
ness, 109; a despot who arose
on ruins of old monarchy, 110;
at siege of Toulon, 113; de-
fence of National Convention,
with a "whiff of grape-shot,"
113; vindicates law and order,
114; command of army in Italy,
115; marries Josephine, 115;
defeats Sardinians and destroys
Austrian armies about to invade
France, 115; at bridge of Lodi,
new master in art of war, 116;
invasion of Egypt, 117; First
Consul, 119; develops resources
of distracted France, 122; at
Amiens, Oct., 1801, 124;

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-crowned, 125, at Austerlitz, 126;
at Jena and Eylau, 126; char-
acter changes after Peace of
Tilsit, 128; divorces Josephine,
128; Borodino and Moscow,
129; fall, 130, 131; return to
Cæsarism, with imperialism, per-
sonal government, and absolute
rule, 132; references, 141, 142,
146, 147, 151, 153, 156, 162,
172, 200, 219, 247, 279, 285,
336; x, 26, 67, 95, 100, 155,
156, 161, 189, 202, 223, 232,
255.

"Napoleonic Ideas" (1858), x, 204.
"Napoleon the Little" (Napoleon

III), x, 217, 225.

Napoli di Malvasia, taken in war
of Greek Revolution, ix, 293.
Napoli di Romania (Nauplia), at
era of Greek Revolution (1820-
28), ix, 294, 299, 301.
Narbonadius.

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Last King of
Babylon (556-538 B. C.). Cyrus
advances his kingdom, and by
diverting the Euphrates from its
bed captures Babylon, iv, 53;
the city's fall due also to dis-
senion and treachery within its
gates, 54.

Naseby, Battle of (1645), viii,

222.

Nashville, Tenn., General Andrew
Jackson's residence at "The
Hermitage," xii, 46.
Nassau, Prussia, x, 253.
Nathan the prophet, accuses David
of adultery, ii, 183.
National Assembly, French (1789-

91), ix, 33, 39, 41, 42, 44, 48,
50, 52, 53, 57.

National Bank, United States, xl,
205.

National Cemetery at Gettysburg,
Lincoln's dedicatory address at,
xii, 310.

National Convention, French, ix,
57, 113, 115.

National Diet, German, x, 268, 272.
National Gallery, London, vi, 202.
National Guards, French, ix, 57,
330, 331, 367; x, 210.
National Republican Party, Amer-
ican, xii, 119.

National Wealth, Sources of, stim-
ulated by American discovery,
vi, 120-128.

Nation, Carrie, temperance advo-
cate, xvi, 164.

Nations, Sources of decay in, vi,
129.

Nature, Human, Rousseau's trust
in, xiii, 47, 53.

Nature, Rousseau's love of, xiii,
24, 31, 37, 54, 56.
Nature, Worship of the powers of,
by the Egyptians, i, 32; naming
of these powers, 32; verging
towards Pantheism, 73, 74; wor-
ship of the forces of, ii, 28.
Naval Bureau of Ordnance, Wash-
ington, xiv, 227.

Naval victories in American Civil
War, xii, 298.

Navarino, Battle of (1827), ix,
293, 314, 315, 316; x, 165, 166.
Navarino, Siege of, by the Turks
(1824), ix, 311.
Neander,

Johann A. W.-(1789-
1850.) German church historian,
xi, 66.

Nebraska, Organization of Terri
tory, xii, 258.
Nebuchadnezzar.-King

of Baby-

lonia (605-562 B. C.), favorite
god of, i, 47; towering vanity
of, ii, 159; Solomon likened to,
219; traditions and remains of,
xiv, 354.

Necho II.-King of Egypt (610-

595 B. C.), defeats Josiah, King
of Judah, at Megiddo, 338, 340,
350; defeated by Nebuchadnez-

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