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between England and France,
43; favors war against Turks,
45, 51; compared with M.
Briand, 43, 44; relations with
Poincare, 44-45; signs treaty
with Irish, 46-51; defeated in

election of 1922, 52; writes for
newspapers, 52; visit to Amer-
ica, 53-55; result of endorse-
ment of Sec. Hughes' reparations
plan, 54, 55; welcomed back to
England, 55; reconciliation with
Liberal party, 55, 56; affection
for daughter, Megan, 57, 58;
family, 57; friendship with
Bonar Law, 57; compared with
Roosevelt, 58; daily routine,
58-61; taste in reading, 61;
recreation, 61, 62; emotion
strongest note in character, 62;
glory of career, 62, 63; tribute
to Foch, 134; compared with
Clemenceau, 290, 291.

Lloyd George, Mrs. "Maggie," wife
of Lloyd George, xv, 57.
Lloyd George, Megan, daughter of
Lloyd George, xv, 57, 58.
Lloyd, Mr. His 1,300 mile jour-
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Lodi, Napoleon at the Bridge of,
ix, 116.

Logan, Stephen T.-Lincoln's law
partner, xii, 250.

"Lohengrin," Wagner's drama of
(1847), xiv, 42, 43, 46, 47, 58.
Lollards, in A. D. 1416, burned as
heretics, v, 426; vi, 229.
Lombard, Peter.-Bishop of Paris
(1159), v, 220; vii, 32.
Lombardi, Bona, vii, 70.
Lombards of Italy, in 8th century,
v, 75; heavy tower (architectur
ally) of the, vi, 209.

Lombard wars of Charlemagne, v,
74.

Lombardy, Napoleon's conquest of
(1796), ix, 115.

London, England, Fortifying of, by
Alfred the Great, viii, 42.
Londonderry, Marquis of. — Takes
part in defeating Reform Bill

of 1832, x, 39.

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War, xii, 286, 344, 350.
Longueville, Duchesse de.-(1619-
79.) French society leader and
sister of "the great Condé," vii,
228, 231, 232, 252.

Loo (Lu), Chinese State of, Con-
fucius's labors for its reform, i
150, 152.

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of France (1643-1715), grinding
monarchy of, ii, 150, 217, 221;
vi, 243, 319; dragonnades of,
325; vii, 46, 145-177, 187-189;
theme: "The French Mon-
archy," viii, 249; "le Grande
Monarque," 249; his reign an
epoch, 249; character, virtues,
and defects, 250; notable men
of his reign, 251, 252; proud
but polite and affable, 252; im-
moral, yet outwardly religious,
253; jealous of his power and
dignity, 253; love of glory, 254;
playing a great part to courtiers
as well as people, 255; mag-
nificence, 256; his cardinals,
and the Fronde, 256; conse-
crated monarch, 257; devout
Catholic, 258; State and Church

firmly knit together, 259; Prot
estantism only tolerated, 260;
talent for governing, 261; ad-
ministration and its chief offi-
cers, 262; French commerce and
navy, 263; founding of aca-
demies and recognition of genius,
263, 264; ar minister and
general, 264; raid into Flan-

ders, 265; its conquest called
"glory," 266, 267; peace of
Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), 267;
La Vallière and Montespan, 267;
war with Holland, 268, 269;
peace of Nimeguen (1678),
271; more splendor, 272; arro-
gance towards other states and
nations, 274; Versailles and its
adulterous pleasures, 274-276;
Mme. de Maintenon, 276; under
Jesuits he revokes Edict of
Nantes, 278; persecution of
Protestants, 279; driven into
exile, 280; war with England,
Holland, Germany, and Spain
(1688-97), 283; further war
and its calamities on France,
286; curtailment of his posses.
sion, 288; ix, 26, 52, 190, 221,
338, 353, 361, 362; x, 301.
Louis XIV, Capefigue's Life of, ix,

111.

Louis XV. — (1710-74.) King of

France (1710-74). Theme: "Re-
mote Causes of Revolution," viii,
293; inglorious reign and reck-
less, profitless expenditures,
293; heir of 70 years' misrule
and author of new calamities,
294; legacy of debt from his
predecessor, 296; John Law's
financiering, 297-299; Mme. de
Pompadour virtual ruler, 300;
the poor and their oppressive
burdens, 302; courtiers at Ver-
sailles, 303; era of privilege,
vanity, and extravagance, 304-

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306;

effeminacy and revelry,
307; pollutions and debaucher-
ies, 307; traits of character and
capacity, 309, 310; Mme. de
Pompadour minister of the
realm, 312; incidents of her
ascendancy, 312, 313; expulsion
of the Jesuits, 317; society dis-
ordered, inexperienced, and god-
less, 320; the people begin to
meditate on causes of their mis-
eries, 323; Encyclopedists at-
tack sources of religious belief,
325; ribald blasphemers and
morbid expounders of humanity,
326; revolution inevitable re-
sult, 327.

Louis XVI. (1754-93.) King of
P France (1774-92). Accession
and character, ix, 27; irresolute,
28; assembles the Notables, 29,
30; convenes the States-General,
31; yields to usurpation of third
estate, 40; hesitates in face of
revolution, 40, 41; mistrusts
Mirabeau, 41; appears in Na-
tional Assembly, 43; at demand
of people goes to Paris, 47;
Reign of Terror, 55; suspended,
57; impeached, condemned, and
executed, 58; averse to civil
war, 59; xi, 99.
Louis XVIII, of France.

(1755-

1824.) vii, 291; viii, 61; re-
stored from exile to the throne,
ix, 78, 79; uneventful reign, 81,
88; troubles of, 93, 94, 96;
character, 103; death, 102.
Louis Bonaparte. (1778-1846.)
King of Holland (1806-10),
brother of Napoleon I, x, 204.
Louisburg, Cape Breton, taken by
New England troops (1745), xi,
46.

Louisiana, purchase of, from
France, xi, 298, 310.

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Louis Philippe. (1773-1850.)
King of the French (1830-48),
vii, 103, 253; ix, 61, 114
Theme: "The Citizen King,"
327; not legitimate heir, though
an elected sovereign, 327, 328:
nation in his day desired set-
tled government, 328; wise, pop-
ular, and talented monarch, 329:
Marquis de Lafayette, and his
influences favoring Louis Phil-
ippe, 330-332; ministry, 334.
335; public distress, and dis-
ordered state of the nation, 336.
337; cholera visitation (1832),
337; Duchesse de Berri man-
œuvres to restore elder branch
of Bourbons, 338, popular dis-
content and republican insur-
rection in Paris, 339; insurgent
barricadings and their defeat, by
energy of Soult, 340; the lat-
ter's ministry, 341; public im-
provements, 341; Thiers's pre-
miership, 342-344; régime of
Count Molé, and extension of
Algerian colony, 345, 346; Arab
war, and the storming of Con-
stantine (1837), 346; railway
mania, 347; Eastern affairs,
349; Thiers's administration,
and its notable event-the re-
moval of Napoleon's remains
from St. Helena to banks of the
Seine, 353; conflict of political
parties, 355; Guizot minister,
357; returning prosperity
(1841), 358; war in Algeria,
Spanish marriages, 361:
entente between

359;

England and
France, 362; corruption again
rife and monetary crisis, 364,
365; revolution of 1848, 366;
dethronement and exile, 369;
x, 25, 161, 202, 204, 215, 217,
228, 229, 230, 240, 273.

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Louvois, Marquis de.-(1641-91.)
French statesman and Minister
of War under Louis XIV, vii,
155, 160, 162, 202. See, also,
Le Tellier, F. Michel.
Louvre, Paris, x, 226.
Love, Platonic sentiment, or a
mystery of the soul, vi, 37, 38;
inspirer of emotions, 38;
Dante's, for Beatrice, 39, 41; of
savages, 39; married, 40.
Lovejoy of Illinois, Case of, xii,
275.

"Lover's Tale," The, Tennyson's,
xiii, 472.

"Love's Meinie," Ruskin's, xiv,
100.

Lowe, Robert (Viscount Sher-
brooke). (1811-92.) English

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"Spiritual Exercises,"
monastic code, 310; ma-
tures Jesuit Constitution and
controls Council of Trent, 311;
law of obedience, 311; the
Jesuit has no individual con-
science, his natural ties sub-
ordinate to will of General, 313;
discipline, 316, 317; fall of the
Jesuits, 317; loss of influence,
317; early Jesuits fanatical,
ascetic, and religious, later ones
proud, avaricious, and worldly,
320; their esprit-de-corps, 321;
doctrine of expediency, 321;
casuistry and absolutism, 323;
political intrigues, 324, causes
of their hatred and downfall,
325, 326; their bitter foe, Mme.
de Pompadour, 327; opposed to
reform, 328; Order suppressed
(1773), 329; regain their
power, 330; Society of Jesus a
dangerous institution, 331.
Lubbock, Sir John.-(1834-1913.)
[Lord Avebury.] English nat
turalist, xiv, 167, 191.
Lucan, Lord.(1800-88.)

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303; his missionary
disciples and their work, 304;
confessors of monarchs and
labors in universities, 304; zeal
and machinery of Jesuits, 305-
307; their virtues, learning, and
piety, 308; in perils, fastings,
and fatigues, 309; his text-
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Luke, the Physician, ii, 427; at
Philippi, 428.

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German reformer and translator
of the Bible, heads the Prostes-
tant Reformation, central figure
in the movement, vi, 217; pre-
ceded in his work by Savonarola,
Huss and Jerome, Erasmus, and
Wyclif, 217; character, man-
ners, and gifts, 219; birth,
origin, and religious bent, 220;
monk, 221; reads Bible and is
emancipated from mediæval
ideas, deliverance and aspira-
tions, 223; his theses affixed to
gates of Wittenberg, 226, 227;
Reformation takes its spiritual
start, 230; theologian and
Christian philosopher, 231; con-
troversies and disputations, 234;
triumph at Leipsic, 236; circu-
lation of Scriptures, 237-239;
right of private judgment, 241,
242; idol and oracle of Ger-
many, 243; champion of a new
civilization, 245; arrogant and
dogmatic he defies the Pope,
246; demolitions and destruc-
tions of old things, 247; burns
Papal bull, 247; abolishes the
Mass, 247; marries Catherine
Bora and prepares hymns and
songs for worship, 248; trans-
lates Bible, 249; makes liturgies
and creeds, 249; at Diet of
Worms, 250; declining years
and last days of honor and vic-
tory, 251.

Lutterworth, Leicestershire, Wyclif

in 1375 rector of, where he died
in 1384, v, 407.

Lutzen, Victory of Gustavus II at
(1632), viii, 168.

Luxembourg, Duc de.-(1628-95.)
French marshal, viii, 268; xiii
33.
Luxemburg, Treaty of (1867), x,
294; Duchy of, 237, 292, 293,

294.
Luynes, Duc de.

-

(1578-1621.)
French courtier, era of Louis
XIII, viii, 186, 188.
"Lycidas," Milton's, xiii, 460.
Lycurgus.-(Oirca 9th cent. B. C.).
Traditional author of laws and
institutions to the Spartans, iii,
under him the citizen be
longed to the State, 28.
Lydia of Philippi.-Converted by
Paul and aids his work, ii, 427.
Lyell, Sir Charles.-(1797-1875.)
British geologist, xiv, 162.
Lyndhurst, Lord.

27;

-

(1772-1863.)
English jurist and statesman, ix,
269; x, 38, 61, 335; xi, 210.
Lyon, Mary. (1797-1849.)
Founder of Mount Holyoke Sem-
inary, vii, 300; xvi, 160, 161.
Lyons, Edmund, Lord.

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--

(1790-
1858.) English admiral and dip-
lomat, x, 185.
Lyons, France, Rioting at, ix, 336.
Lysander.(d. 395 B. C.). Spartan

commander, i, 275.

Lysias. (458-380 B. C.). Attic
orator. Socrates refuses his
assistance at his trial, i, 277;
fertile writer of orations, 362,
363.

Lysias. Syrian noble, regent for
King Antiochus when the latter
set out for Persia, ii, 388; Judas
Maccabæus routs his forces (166
B. C.), 390-393; guardian of
King's son, 394; lays siege to
Jerusalem, 395; slain, 396.
Lysippus. (372-316 B. C.). Greek
sculptor, favorite sculptor of
Alexander the Great, i, 309;
sculptures of, iii, 121-123, 126.

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