1 Feeder
Feeder, (1) A Stream, Fountain Or Chan Nel Which Feeds Or Supplies A Main Stream Or Canal With Water. (2) A Branch Or Side Rail Way, Intended To Bring Traffic To The Main Line. (3) In Hydraulic Engineering, A Feeder Is A Watercourse, Natural Or Artificial, Carrying Water To A ...
10 Church And State
10. Church And State In France. At The Outbreak Of The Revolu Tion Of 1789, The Apostolic And Roman Catholic Religion Was The Religion Of The State, And, Since The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, No Other Religious Sect, Christian Or Non-christian, Had Had (except In Alsace) Any Legal ...
11 The Separation Of
11. The Separation Of Church And State In France. The Facts And The Without Entering Into An Abstract Discussion Of Right And Wrong, We May Admit As A Fact That The Whole World Is Now Moving, More Or Less Slowly, From The Region Where Civil And Religious Power Is Lodged ...
110cpendmjaz
110cpendmjaz Francs By The State And Sundry 1 412 000,000 By The Companies 7,991,000,000 To Facilitate The Economical Construction Of Lines, A Law Dated 12 July 1865, Had Authorized The Departments And Communes To Create Sec Ondary Lines For Themselves In Their Neighbor Hood. These Railways, Which Were Called Alines ...
13 French Language
13. French Language, In A General Sense The Language Of France, More Especially Of The Langue D'oui Country, And Of Those Re Gions Outside France Speaking The Same Tongue As That Of The French People. In A More Re Stricted Sense It Is Applied To The Literary Lan Guage Of ...
14 French Literature
14. French Literature. Life Is Rhythm And Movement. It Advances In Waves. The Centuries Dash To A Flood-climax With Ebb And Flow. Human Thought, As Expressed In Literature, Follows This Law. The Year 1800, From This Point Of View, Represents A Climax Achieved And A New Departure. The Revolution Was ...
15 French Dramatic Art
15. French Dramatic Art. Dra Matic Art Occupies One Of The Foremost Places, Probably Even The First Place, In French Litera Ture. If, As Has Been Said, The Frenchman "n'a Pas La Tete 4pique," It Is None The Less Certain That He Has A Predilection For Drama. To-day, As In ...
16 French Music
16. French Music. Animated By An Intense New Life, The French School All Schools Of Music Stands Out Rich And Flourish Ing. Retaining All That Is Best In The Past, It Looks Fearlessly Toward The Future, And Repre Sents A Harmonious Classical Epoch. French Music Displays With Profound Truth Fulness ...
17 French Art
17. French Art. The Sources Of The Art In France, As In All Euro Pean Countries, Emanated — In Its Two Essential Forms, Sculpture And Painting— From Architec Ture. And Statues, Exclusively Of Sa Cred Legends, Served To Decorate The Churches And Palaces. It Was But Gradually — During The ...
1796 1804 3 French History
3: French History From The Revolution To The Establish Ment Of The Empire, 1796-1804. This Period Is One Of The Most Important In The His Tory Of France, And From Beginning To End Its Every Event Centres About One Man, Napoleon Bonaparte. From The Outset Napoleon Was Greatly Hampered. There ...
18 French Civilization
18. French Civilization. Nation Ality Does Not Consist In A Race, Still Less In The Use Of A Common Language, But In The Possession Of A Corporate Tradition. A Nation Is A Body Of Men Distinguished From Other Bodies Around It By The Possession Of An Organic Tradition Which So ...
19 Journalism In France
19. Journalism In France (1631– 1918). Without Exaggeration It May Be Said Of France That All The °real( In The Political, Social, Economic And Artististic Life Of That Country Has Been Reflected In The Formidable Museum Of Public Prints Which Opened In The 17th Century With The First Gazette Of ...
1z Education And The
1z Education And The Educa Tional System Of France. The De Velopment Of Education.— The Organization Of Education In France As A Public Service Is Of Comparatively Recent Date. Before The Revolu Tion Of 1789, Teaching Was Considered As Essen Tially A Matter Of Private Enterprise, And Little, If Anything, ...
2 French History Bc
2. French History B.c. 58 To A.d. 1796. The Quadrilateral Of Gaul Has Possessed A Geographical And Political Unity From Pre Historic Times And The Inhabitants Of That Quad Rilateral Have Inherited And Transmitted Certain Political, Rather Than Racial, Qualities Uninter Ruptedly Throughout The Historical Period. But The First State ...
21 French Commercial Banking
21. French Commercial Banking System. The History Commerce And Industry, Like The Is France Itself, Naturally Falls Under Rg The Old Regime And- Modern Times. Previous To Modern Times, The De-,-1. Of French Industry Was Limited By System On The One Hand, And On The The Numerous Obstacles, Inherited Fr-z ...
22 French Railways
22. French Railways. Historical, 1823-59.— The Principles Underlying The Pres Ent System Of Railways In France Will Perhaps Be Made Clearer By A Brief Account Of The Several Phases That Have Preceded It. The Earliest Experiment In Railroading On French Soil Was A Line Between Andrezieux And Saint Etienne, Intended ...
23 French Merchant Fleet
23. French Merchant Fleet. If' A Study Is Made Of The French Merchant Fleet Covering A Period Of More Than A Century And Its Importance Compared With The Maritime Traffic In France, One Cannot Help Being Struck By The Fact That The Commercial Fleet Sailing Under The French Flag Has ...