Hewlett
Hewlett, Hulk, Maurice Henry, Eng Lish Novelist: B. London, 22 Jan. 1861. He Was The Son Of Henry Gay Hewlett, A Writer Of Some Little Note, And Was Educated At The London International College, Isleworth. He Was Ad Mitted To The Bar In 1891, And In 1896-1900 Was Keeper Of ...
Heyse
Heyse, Hrze, Paul, German Poet And Novelist: B. Berlin, 15 March 1830; D. April 1914. He Studied Classics In His Native City, In 1852 Traveled In Switzerland And Italy, And Two Years Later He Settled In Munich. On The Invita Tion Of King Maximilian Ii Of Bavaria, Who Granted Him ...
Hibernation
Hibernation, The Winter Sleep Of Warm-blooded Animals. Under This Term Is Also Included The Torpidity Of Frogs, Toads, Reptiles, Certain Fishes, Insects, The Horseshoe Crab And Snails, Which Is Mainly Due To Prolonged Cold. Among The Mammals Which Hibernate Are The Bear, Dormouse, Badger, Bat And Hamster; A Number Are ...
Hibernia
Hibernia, The Ancient Name Applied To Ireland (q.v.). The Ancient Order Of. This Order Traces Its Origin To Those Ancient Orders Into Which The People Of Ireland Were Divided For Many Centuries Before The Coming Of Saint Patrick. The Military Orders.— The First Of The Orders Was The Military Order ...
Hickory
Hickory, A Group Of Trees Of The Walnut, Forming The Genus Hicoria, And Exclusively North American. They Are Large Strong Trees, 60 To 80 Feet High, With Close Shaggy Bark And Large Pinnately Divided Leaves, Pistillate Flowers On A Terminal Peduncle And Staminate Flowers In Long, Drooping Aments. The Fruit ...
Hicks
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, American Pol Itician: B. Dorchester County, Md., 2 Sept. 1798; D. Washington, D. C., 13 Feb. 1865. After Successively Occupying The Positions Of Sheriff, Member Of The State Legislature, Mem Ber Of The State Electoral College And Member Of The Governor's Council, He Was In 1858 Elected ...
Hidalgo Y Costilla
Hidalgo Y Costilla, Miguel, Me Gel' &cargo" A Iths-terya, Mexican Revolutionist, First Leader In The Mexican War Of Independ Ence: B. State Of Guanajuato, 8 May 1753; Shot In Chihuahua, Mexico, 27 July 1811. He Was A Priest, And In Earlier Life Was Simply A Man Of Great Acquirements, Anxious ...
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics (usa Cred Carvingsb) Is The Term Which The Greeks Applied To The Monumental Writing Of The An Cient Egyptians. It Fairly Interprets The Egyp Tian Mdw-ntr, °speech Of The God,° Though With A Different Connotation; For To The Egyptian Of About 3500 A.c., The Date Of The Earliest ...
Higginson
Higginson, Francis, English Clergyman In Colonial America: B. 1587; D. Salem, Mass., 6 Aug. 1630. He Was Educated At Cambridge, England, And Subsequently Became Rector Of A Parish In Leicester, But Becoming Gradually A Non-conformist, Was Deprived Of His Benefice, And Was Employed Among His Former Parish Ioners As A ...
Higginson_2
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Amer Ican Author: B. Cambridge, Mass. 22 Dec. 1823; D. There, 10 May 1911. He Was Mass., From Rev. Francis Higginson (q.v.); Was Graduated From Harvard In 1841, And From Harvard Di Vinity School In 1847. He Became Pastor Of A Unitarian Church In Newburyport, Mass., In ...
High Frequency Oscillating Current
High-frequency Oscillating Current. This Term Is Especially Applicable To Electrical Currents, The High-frequency Inter Ruptions Of Which Are Obtained By Means Of Con Denser Discharges In Contradistinction To Those Produced By A Disrupted Static Current, Without The Interposition Of A Metallic Condenser In Series With One Or Both Terminals. The ...
High Sba
High Sba, The. All The Waters Of The Ocean, Which Are Not Included In The Territorial Limits Of Any Nation, And Over Which No Nation Can Rightly Claim Supervisory Or Exclusive Juris Diction, Are Included By The Term Thigh Sea.* A State's Territory Extends Over Its Adjacent Waters To A ...
High Schools
High Schools. The High School As Commonly Interpreted Is Distinctively An Ameri Can Institution. The Term Is Applied To Those Schools Which Ordinarily Give A Four-year Course Of Study To Students Who Have Completed Eight Years In The Elementary School. The Course Is Rarely Longer And Is Sometimes Shorter Than ...
High Treason
High Treason. There Is A Well-known Epigram Of Sir John Harrington, Often Quoted For Its Supposed Wit And Truth, Though It• Pos Sesses Little Of Either Of These Qualities, Which Goes As Follows: Treason Never Prospers. What's The Reason? When It Doth Prosper. None Dare Call It Treason. To Be ...
Higher Criticism
Higher Criticism, The. The Higher Criticism Is A Science Whose Aim Is The Deter Mination Of The Literary History Of Books And Writings. It Sets Forth The Facts And Principles By Which We Must Determine, In The Case Of Any Writing, Its Its Unity, Its Dates The Place Of Its ...
Higher Law
Higher Law, A Famous Phrase Used By William H. Seward (q.v.) 11 March 1850, In The United States Senate, On The Admission Of California As A State, Which Was Held Up By The Southern Element To Force The Congress To Admit It As A Slave State, Or At Least To ...
Hilarion
Hilarion, Saint, A Hermit Of Palestine, Said To Have Been The First To Introduce Monasti Cism Into Palestine: B. Tabatha, 291; D. Cyprus, 371. He Studied At Alexandria, And Then Be Came A Hermit Under. Saint Anthony. Inspired By The Example Of That Hermit, He Returned To Palestine And Began ...
Hildreth
Hildreth, Richard, American Historian: B. Deerfield, Mass., 22 June 1807; D. Florence, Italy, 11 July 1865. He Was Graduated At Har Vard In 1826, Studied Law At Newburyport, En Tered Practice In Boston And Abandoned It In 1832 To Become Editor Of The Boston Atlas. In This Position A Series ...
Hill
Hill, James Jerome, American Railroad Promoter And Financier: B. Near Guelph, Well Ington County, Ontario, 'canada, 16 Sept. 1838, Of Scotch-irish Parentage; D. Saint Paul. Minn., 29 May 1916. Until His Father's Death, When The Boy Was In His 15th Year, He Attended A Neigh Boring Academy. After That He ...
Himalaya
Himalaya, Him-i'll-ya Or Him-a-ley (from The Sanskrit Signifying The Abode Of Snow), A Mountain System Of Asia Lying Along The Northern Frontier Of British India. It Con Tains The Highest Peaks In The World, The Prin Cipal Mass Of Which Is Near The Southern Edge Of The Central Section Of ...
Hind And The
' Hind And The The, By Dryden (1687), Is An Elabortite `piece Of Theo Logical Controversy And Satire In Heroic Coup Lets. The Poet, Recently Converted To Catholi Cism, Represents His Hew Faith As The Milk-white Itemortal Hind, The Church Of England• As The Panther, The Atheists As The Ape, ...
Hindenburg
Hindenburg, Paul Von Benecken Dorff And Von; German Field-marshal: B. Posen, 1847; Cadet, 1864; Lieutenant, 1860; Wounded At Served In The Franco Prussian War Of 1870-71 • Present At Sedan And The Siege Of Paris. In 1873 He Mitered The War Academy At Berlin, And It May Be Said That ...
Hinduism
Hinduism Is The Name Of A Religion Which, Is Professed To-day By Four-fifths Of The Population Of East India, And Which Embraces Within Its Folds The Subtlest Philosophic Pan Theist And The Grossest Animist. Unlike Any Otlicr Religion Extant In The World, It Owes Its Origin To No Individual. Hinduism ...
Hindustani Language And Lit
Hindustani Language And Lit Erature. Hindustani Is The Name Given To The Current Vernacular Of Northern India. In Structure It Is Based Originally On A Branch Of The Ancient Sanskrit, Descended From A Sister Dialect And Strongly Modified By The Various Forms Of Prakrit During The Middle Ages. The Name ...
Hippodrome
Hippodrome (from The Greek Hippos, A Horse And Dromos, A Race Course), The Name Given By The Greeks To Places Where Races Were Held. This Included Both Chariot And Single Horse Racing, But The Hippodrome Later Took The Form Of A Circus, Other Games, 'such As Wrestling, Boxing, Running, Etc., ...
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus, The Generic And Popu Lar Name Of A Great Amphibious Ungulate, Allied To The Swine, Of Which Two Species Are Known. One (h. Amphibius) Is Common Throughout The Greater Part Of Africa; The Other (h. Sis) Is Not Only Smaller, But Has Other Import Ant Differences, And Is Found ...
Hippuric
Hippuric (hipferik) Acid, An Organic Acid, Chinh(gi-lco)cooh, Existing In The Urine Of Herbivorous Animals, And, In Small Quantities, In That Of Human Beings. It Is In Creased By A Vegetable Diet, And By The Disease Called Diabetes, And May Be Caused To Appear In The Human Urine In Considerable Quantities ...
Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld, Georg, German Dramatist And Novelist: K Berlin,. 11 Feb. 1873. He Be Longed To The Naturalistic School And During His Early Career He Was Hailed By Some As A Second Hauptmann, He Followed Closely In The Foot Steps Of Holz And Schlaf, Their Influence Being Clearly Evident In His ...
Histology
Histology, The Science Of Animal And Vegetable Tissues. It Investigates By Means Of The Microscope The Various Tissues Of Man, Ani Mals And Plants In Their Anatomical Relations And Compositions. Topographical Histology Considers The More Minute Structures Of The Organs And Systems Of The Body; Normal His Tology Deals With ...
Historical Literature In The
Historical Literature In The Middle Aciss. 1. Its Relation To Patristic Antecedents.— It Will Be Evident From The Foregoing Discussion That Orosius And Cassidorus Were The Standard Historical Authorities For The Middle Ages And That There Was No Break With The Patristic Philosophy Of History Or Historical Methods. "the Middle ...
Historical Writing Among The
Historical Writing Among The Greeks. I. The Intellectual Setting Of The Origins Of Greek Historiography.— The Birth Of His Torical Writing In Greece Required Several Essen Tial Conditions Which Did Not Exist Before The 6th Century B.c., Namely, The Writing Of Prose, The Critical Rejection Of The Current Mythology Concerning ...
History
History, Modern. General Charac When History Is Divided Merely Into Ancient And Modern, The Term Modern Applies To History Subsequent Tb The 8th Century A.d. The Americana, However, Keeps To The More Usual Triple Division Into Ancient. Mediaeval And Modern; And With This Classification Modern History Begins About The Year' ...
History
History, Mediaeval. Definition.— Me Diaeval History May Be Defined As The Middle Period Between Ancient And Modern History. Some Scholars Have Wished To Do Away With The Term Entirely And To Use Only Two Divisions, Ancient And Modern. In Fact, In Oriental His Tory There Is No Mediaeval Period. But ...
Hitchcock
Hitchcock, Edward, American Con Gregational Clergyman And Geologist: B. Deer Field, Mass., 24 May 1793; D. Amherst, Mass., 27 Feb. 1864. He Was Principal Of The Academy In His Native Place 1815-18; Pastor Of The Congregational Church In Conway, Mass., 1821 25 ; Professor Of Chemistry And Natural History In ...
Hitotsubashi
Hitotsubashi, Japanese Statesman And Party Leader: B. 1837; D. 1902. Son Of Nariaki Daimyo Of Mito (q.v.), And Naturally A Supporter Of The Doctrine Of Mito (q.v.), He Appeared As The Leader Of The Party Opposed To The Open Door In Japan. He Is Known As Keiki (ka'ke), The Pronunciation ...
Hittorff
Hittorff, Jacques Ignace, French Architect : B. Cologne, 1792; D. 1867. He Studied His Profession In Paris Under Percier. In 1819 25 He Traveled In England, Germany And Italy, Making A Special Study Of The Greek Ruins Of Sicily. He Became Architect To The King In 1825 And In Conjunction ...
Hoar
Hoar, George Frisbie, American States Man: B. Concord, Mass., 19 Aug. .1825; D. Worcester, Mass., 30 Sept. 1904. Senator Hoar's Paternal And Maternal Inheritance Was Very Re Markable. His Grandfather Was An Officer In The Revolutionary Army And His Father, Samuel Hoar, Was One Of The Ablest Lawyers And States ...
Hobart
Hobart, John Henry, American Prot Estant Episcopal Bishop: B. Philadelphia, 14 Sept. 1775; D. Auburn, N. Y., 10 Sept. 1830. He Was Educated At The College Of Philadel Phia (now The Universityof Pennsylvania) And The College Of New Jersey (now Prince Ton), And After Trying Commercial Life In His Brother-ih-law's ...
Hobbes
Hobbes, Thomas, English Moralist, Phi Losopher And Political Scientist: B. Within The Borough Of Malmsbury, Wiltshire, 5 April 1588; D. Hardwicke, Derbyshire, 4 Dec_ 1679. Thomas Hobbes Is Eminent As Writer On The Theory Of Government, On Psychology And On Metaphysics And As Master Of A Vigorous And Picturesque English ...
Hoboken
Hoboken, Ho'bo-k'en, N. J., City In Hud Son County, On The Hudson River. It Is The Terminus Of The Delaware, Lackawanna And Western, The Lehigh Valley And The West Shore Railroads. It Is Opposite New York City, North Of And Adjoining Jersey City, And Has On The North And West ...
Hobson
Hobson, Richmond Pearson, American Naval Constructor, Lecturer And Author: B. Greensboro, Ala., F7 Aug. 1870. He Was Gradu Ated At The Annapolis Naval Academy In 1889 And Took A Post-graduate Course At The Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Mines, And The Ecole D'application Du Genie Maritime In Paris. As Midshipman He ...
Hockey
Hockey, A Game Of Ball Known As Hurley In Ireland And Shinty In Scotland, Dating In Its Present Form From About 1883, When A Definite Code Of Rules Was Drawn Up By The Wimbledon Club. According To Standard Rules The Game Is Played Between Two Teams Of 11 Players Each, ...
Hodge
Hodge, Charles, American Presbyterian Theologian: B. Philadelphia, 28 Dec. 1797; D. Princeton, N. J., 19 June 1878. He Was Edu Cated In Princeton College, Graduating In 1815. In 1816-19 He Studied In The Theological Semi Nary At Princeton, In 1820 Was Appointed Instructor There And Two Years Later Made Pro ...
Hodgson
Hodgson, Horson, Shadworth Holiway, English Metaphysician: B. Boston, Lincolnshire, 25 Dec. 1832; D. 13 June 1912. He Was Educated At Rugby And Oxford And Is The Author Of 'time And Space) (1865) 'principles Of Re Form In The Suffrage' (1866) ; 'the Theory Of Practice' (1870) 'the Philosophy Of Reflec ...
Hoffmann
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm, German Novelist: B. Konigsberg, 24 Jan. 1776; D. 24 July 1822. In Admiration Of Mozart He Dropped The Name Wilhelm And Substituted Amadeus. His Childhood And Youth Were Joy Less And In 1792 He Entered The University Of Konigsberg To Prepare For A Legal Career. He ...
Hofmann
Hofmann, August Wilhelm Von, Ger Man Chemist: B. Giessen, 8 April 1818; D. Ber Lin, 5 May 1892. He Studied Law, Obtained The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Became Assistant Under Liebig In The Giessen Laboratory, And In 1845 Became Professor Of Chemistry In The University Of Bonn. The Same ...
Hofmannsthal
Hofmannsthal, Hugo Von, Austrian Poet: B. Vienna, 1 Feb. 1874. He Belongs To A Circle Of Neo-romantic Poets, Headed By Stephan George (q.v.), Who Represent A Reaction Against The Naturalistic Movement. Not Much Is Known Of His Life And Very Little Knowledge Of This Sort Is Necessary For The Interpretation ...
Hogarth
Hogarth, William, English Painter And Engraver: B. London, 10 Nov. 1697; D. There, 25 Oct. 1764. He Studied Art At Sir James Thorn Hill's School, James Street, Covent Garden. About 1720 He Set Up For Himself, And Designed Plates For Booksellers, The Chief Of Which Are The Illustrations To Gray's ...
Hohenlohe
Hohenlohe - Schillingsptjrst, Ha-en-lo'e Shfllings-fiirst, Chlodwig Karl Vic Tor, Prince Von, German Chancellor: B. Roten Burg-an-der-fulda, March 1819; D. Ragatz, Switzerland, 6 July 1901. He Took Courses In Law And Political Science At Heidelberg, Gottin Gen And Bonn. He Entered Public Life And Became In 1866 Prime Minister Of Bavaria. ...
Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern, Ho'en-tsol-lern, Ger Many, Province Of Prussia, Formed In 1849 By The Union Of The Two Principalities Of Hohcn Zollern-hechingen And Hohenzollern-sigmarin Gen. It Consists Of A Narrow Irregular Strip Of Country Encircled By Wiirtemberg And Baden. Area 441 Square Miles; Pop. (1911) 71,011. The Province Is Traversed By The ...
Holbein
Holbein, Hans, Hints Hill- Or Whin, The Elder, German Painter: B. Augsburg, 1460; D. Alsace, 1524. His Art Training Began Under The Influence Of Martin Schongauer, But He Quickly Launched Out Into A New Style, Which Left Ancient Precedents Behind. He Developed A Dramatic Energy, A Clear And Lifelike Coloring ...
Holbein_2
Holbein, Hans, The Younger, German Painter : B. Augsburg, 1497; D. London, Nov. 1543. He Probably Received Instruction In Painting From His Father, And About 1515 Went To Basle, Where He Engaged In Illustrating Books. At Basle He Also Painted His Earliest Portraits, And In 1517 Went To Lucerne. Here ...
Holberg
Holberg, Ludwig, Horberg, Baron, Danish Author: B. Bergen, Norway, 3 Dec. 1684; D. Copenhagen, 28 Jan. 1754. He Studied At Copenhagen, Oxford And Paris, And Afterpaying A Six Months' Visit To Rome Re Turned To Copenhagen In The End Of 1716. In 1718 He Was Appointed To An Ordinary Professor ...
Holiday
Holiday, Any Day Set Apart As A Religious Or National Festival. (see Festivals). Cer Tain Days Are Fixed By Law As Bank-holidays For England And Scotland, And It Is Enacted That All Business Transactions Which Would Have Been Valid On Any Such Holiday Shall Be Held As Valid If Performed ...
Holland
Holland, Josiah Gilbert, American Ed Itor And Author: B. Beichertown, Mass., 24 July 1819; D. New York, 12 Oct. 1:•:1. He Began The Study Of Medicine In 1840, In 1844 Was Gradu Ated From The Berkshire Medical College, And Entered Practice At Springfield, Mass. The Years That Followed Were Discouraging, ...
Hollander
Hollander, Jacob Harry, American Economist: B. Baltimore, Md., 23 July 1871. He Was Educated In The Baltimore Schools And Grad Uated From Johns Hopkins University In 1e91, Receiving His Ph.d. Degree In 1894. His Ability As Economist And Financier Was Soon Recognized, And He Became Associate Professor Of Finance At ...
Holls
Holls, Holz, George Frederick William, American Lawyer And Statesman: B. Zelienople, Pa., 1 July 1857; D. Yonkers, N. Y., 23 July 1903. He Was Graduated From Columbia In 1878, And From The Law School There Two Years Later. He Was Admitted To The Bar And Estab Lished A Large Law ...
Holly Springs
Holly Springs, Miss., A Point On The Mississippi Central Railroad, About 40 Miles Southeast Of Memphis And About 25 Miles South Of Grand Junction, On The Memphis And Charleston Railroad, And An Important Stra Tegical Point. After The Battle Of Iuka, 19 Sept. 1862, And The Confederate Defeat At Corinth, ...
Holm
Holm, Frits (vilhelm), Danish Explorer, Journalist And Lecturer: B. Charlottenlund, Den Mark, 23 July 1881. He Was Educated At Private And Government Latin Schools. He Passed A Preliminary Examination At The Copenhagen University And Received, 1895-1900, An Officer's Education In The Royal Danish Navy, Visiting Many Countries On Men-o'-war. Having ...
Holmes
Holmes, Home, Abiel, American Uni Tarian Clergyman And Annalist: B. Woodstock, Conn., 24 Dec. 1763; D. Cambridge, Mass., 4 June 1837. He Was Graduated At Yale College In 1783, And Became Subsequently A Tutor In The College, Pursuing At The Same Time His Theo Logical Studies. In 1785 He Was ...
Holmes_2
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, American Poet, Essayist And Physician: B. Cambridge, Mass., 29 Aug. 1809; D. Boston, Mass.. 8 Oct. 1894. He Was The Son Of Rev. Abiel Holmes (q.v.), Minister Of The First Parish In Cambridge, And On The Maternal Side Was A Descendant Of Anne Bradstreet (q.v.) And Related ...
Holophytes
Holophytes, 11816-fits. See Fungi. Holostei, 116-16s'te-i, A Group Of Fishes, The Bony Ganoids, Largely Fossil, Represented By The Garpikes. See Ichthyology. Holothuria, 1161-6-thferi-a, Echino Derms (q.v.) Of The Class Holothuroidea, Popu Larly Called Useacucumbers," From Their Resem Blance In Shape And Rough Skin To That Vege Table, In Which The ...
Holy Alliance
Holy Alliance, An International League Proposed By Alexander I, Emperor Of Russia, 26 Sept. 1815, After The Defeat Of Na Poleon At Waterloo Had Cleared The Way For The Execution Of His Desire Of Establishing A Settled Peace In Europe. Alexander, Francis Of Aus Tria And Frederick William Iii Of ...
Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost, In Christian Theology, The Third Person Of The Trinity. The Doctrine Of The Holy Spirit Is A Distinctively Christian One, But Foreshadowings Of It Are Believed By Some To Be Found In The Old Testament. Thus The Spirit Of Jehovah Is The Active Divine Principle In Nature (gen. ...
Holy Living And Holy
Holy Living And Holy Dying. 'the Rule And Exercises Of Holy Living> And 'the Rule And Exercises Of Holy Dying,) Com Anion Works By The Celebrated Anglican Divine, Jeremy Taylor, Were Published In 1650 And 1651 Respectively. They Are Religious Treatises De Signed To Give, In The One Case, A ...
Holy Orders
Holy Orders, The Several Ranks Of The Ministry Of A Church; Also The Power Or Author Ity To Exercise That Ministry. In The Roman Catholic Church, Holy Orders Is One Of The Sacraments And There Are Seven Orders Of The Ministry, Viz.: Priesthood, Deacon Ate, And Sub-deaconate: These Are The ...
Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire. The Roman Empire, Which Julius Cmsar's Nephew Octavia Nus Won For Himself At The Battle Of Actium, Ac. 31, Remained For Centuries Undivided. Even When Constantine The Great Transferred The Seat Of Government From Rome To Constantinope, A.d. 326-28, The Roman Empire Still Continued In Tact. Not ...
Holy War
Holy War, The. 'the Holy War,' Written By John Bunyan About 1684, Is An Al Legory Of Sufficient Excellence To Have Brought Fame And Immortality To Any Man. Even Though In All Its Imagery And Nomenclature It Belongs To A By-gone Age, Doing Unpardonable Violence To Many Scriptural Texts, And ...
Holyoke
Holyoke, Hol'yolc, Mass., City In Hamp Den County, On The Connecticut River And The New York, New Haven And Hartford, And The Boston And Maine Railroads, About 75 Miles Southwest Of Boston And Eight Miles North Of Springfield. Holyoke Was Settled In The Last Part Of The 17th Century By ...
Holz
Holz, Halts, Arno, German Poet: B. Ras Tenburg, East Prussia, 26 April 1863. He Came To Berlin Early In Life, Attended The Schools And University There, And Made It His Permanent Home. To Write Verses Seems To Have Been An Early Passion With Him. Geibel, Heine And Eichendorff Were His ...
Home
Home, The (hemmet). In Her Novel 'the Home' (or 'family Sorrows And Joys'), Written In 1839 Fredrika Bremer Produced Her Masterpiece. Though Not As Absorbing As 'grannarne,) Which Was Translated Into Many Languages And Made Her Famous, It Is More True To Life. Though The Plan Of Construction Shows A ...
Home Economics
Home Economics. Home Economics Is The Organized Body Of Knowledge Which Treats Of Food, Clothing, Shelter And Household Management In Their Physical, Economic And Social Aspects As Related To The Life And Welfare Of The Individual, The Family And The Com Munity. As A Subject For Formal Instruction And A ...
Home Rule
Home Rule, The Domestic Control Of Local Affairs In A Province, Colony, Dependency Or Integral Part Of An Empire. The Term Has Been Employed In Recent History Most Especially With Regard To Ireland, Which Became A Depend Ency Of England Ever Since Pope Hadrian, As Is Averred, Handed It Over ...