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Origen
Origen Is Very Cautious In His Classification, Which Is Far From Original, Into Authentic, Intermediate, And Unauthentic; The Apocalypse Has Won Its Way Into The First Class, Hebrews Not So Certainly; James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2 And 3 John Are Still In The Second Class, With The Shepherd On The ...

P Vw
P Vw X W; That Is, The True Weight Is The Geometric Mean Between W And W. In Practice The Arms Of A It Is Evident That X Will Be Increased As K Is Decreased, So That The Sensitiveness Of The Bal Ance Becomes Greater The Nearer The Centre Of ...

Protective Natural Selection Tion
Tion, Protective; Natural Selection. Powers Of The Bones Of The Wing And Tail Support Very Large, Strong ((quill. Feathers, Which, When Outspread, Support The Bird In The Air, And When Moved In The Proper Manner Carry It Forward — Enable It To Fly, The Mechanism And Phenomena Of Which Method ...

Resources And Liabilities 01
Resources And Liabilities 01 Trust Companies Of Tim United States. 30 Junk 1917. (as Reported By The United States Mortgage And Trust Company, New York, 2009 Companies Reporting). Resources: Stocks And Bonds ;2,032,057,479 90 Loans, Notes And Mortgagft 4,779,179,424 30 Cash On Hand And In Bank 1,606,136,907 89 Reel Estate, ...

Second Bank Of The
Second Bank Of The United States. Early In 1814 Proposals Were Made To Or Ganize A National Bank, And On 10 February Of That Year A Bill Was Introduced In The House For The Incorporation Of Such An Institution With A Capital Of $30,000,000, But The Bill Failed, And Other ...

Sir Baird
Baird, Sir David, British General: B. Newbyth, Scotland, 6 Dec. 1757; D. 29 Aug. 1829. He Entered The English Army In 1772, And Going To India Distinguished Himself At A Disastrous Engagement At Peramboucum, 10 Sept. 1780, In Which The Small British Force Engaged Was Nearly Cut To Pieces After ...

Sir Banks
Banks, Sir Joseph, English Naturalist: B. London Jan. 1743; D. Islesworth, 19 June O 1820. At Oxford He Began To Study Botany And Other Branches Of Natural History, To Which His Attention Had Already Been Turned From About The Age Of 14. He Formed A Volunteer Class In The University ...

Sir Belcher
Belcher, Sir Edward, English Admiral And Hydrographer: B. Halifax, N. S., 1799; D. 18 March 1877. Having Taken Part As Midshipman In The Defense Of Gaeta And The Battle Of Al Giers, He Was In 1819 Appointed To The Myrmidon Sloop, Destined For The African Station, And In 1825 Became ...

Sir Berkeley
Berkeley, Sir William, American Colo Nial Governor: B. Near London About 1610; D. 13 July 1677. His Father And Brother Were Colo Nial Proprietors. Graduating From Oxford 1629, He Traveled On The Continent For A Year; Was Appointed A Commissioner Of Canada 1632 And Won A High Reputation There. In ...

Sir Bessemer
Bessemer, Sir Henry, English Inventor: B. Charlton, Hertfordshire, 19 Jan. 1813; D. London, 15 March 1898. He Received Mechani Cal Training At An Early Age In The Type Foundry Of His Father, A French Artist, And Going To London At 18 Began His Career As A Modeler And Designer. His ...

The Specie Circular
The Specie Circular. The Order For The Removal Of The Public Deposits From The Bank Of The United States Was Dated 26 Sept. 1833. After This Date The Money Collected From Customs And Other Sources Of Revenue Was. No Longer Paid Into The Federal Bank, But Was Deposited With Selected ...

Tne New Testament
Tne New Testament. How Stands The Case With The New Testa Ment? One Might Suppose Its Problem Would Be Less Complex, Less Difficult To Grapple And Master, On Account Of The Abundant Material Of Evidence; But It Yields No Whit To The Other. The So-called Critical Apparatus Is Indeed So ...

Versions
Versions : Schaff, Ph., 'a Companion To The Greek Testament And The English Version) (new York 1889); Westcott, B. F., 'a Gen Eral View Of The History Of The English Bible' (1869; 3d Ed., 1905); 'history Of The New Testament Canon' (1855); Loisy, A., (his Toire Du Texte Et Des ...

Ww1 Bebel
Bebel, Ww1, Ferdinand August, Ger Man Socialist Leader: B. Deutz-koeln 22 Feb. 1840; D. Passugg, Switzerland, 14 Aug. 1913. The Son Of A Prussian-pole Who Was A Non Commissioned Officer In The Prussian Infantry, Bebel Was Born In Military Barracks And Ap Prenticed As A Boy To A Wood-turner. Like ...

Y Marti Nez Benavente
Benavente, Y Marti Nez, Jacinto, Spanish Dramatist: B. Madrid, 12 Aug. 1866. His Father, Mariano Benavente, Was A Specialist In Children's Diseases, And Enjoyed High Repute In Madrid. He Studied At The University Of Madrid, At First Intending To Follow The Law, But Failed To Complete The Course. For A ...

Or Beauxite Bauxite
Bauxite, Or Beauxite, Bo'zit (from Baux, Or Beaux, Near Arles, France, Where It Occurs), A Native, Hydrated Oxide Of Aluminum, Having The Formula A1,0,.2h2o. It Has A Specific Gravity Of About 2.5, And Its Hardness Ranges From 1 To 3. It Occurs Massive, In Con Cretionary Grains Showing A Concentric ...

Or Beyrout Beirut
Beirut, Or Beyrout, Or Ba Root' (ancient Bicovrns), Syria, A Flourishing Seaport, 60 Miles Northwest Of Damascus. It Stands On A Tongue Of Land Projecting Into An Open Bay, And Spreading Out Toward The Land Into A Beautiful Plain, Backed By The Mountains Of Lebanon. It Consists Of The Old ...

Or Captiv Ity Babylonian
Babylonian Exile, Or Captiv Ity. It Seems To Have Been Part Of The State Craft Of The Ancient Assyrians To Remove The People Of Conquered Nations And Plant Them In Unoccupied Parts Of The Dominion, As Far Dis Tant As Possible From The Home Country Of The Victims. This Custom ...

Or De Bay Baius
Baius, Or De Bay, Michael, Belgian Theologian: B. 1513, At Melin, Near Atli, In Hainaut ; Educated At Louvain, He Was Appointed Professor Of Scripture At This University In 1562, And Was Sent By The King Of Spain (charles V) To The Council Of Trent, Where He Arrived When It ...

Or Gaura Bengali
Bengali, Or Gaura, Language, One Of The Five Modern Languages Of Hindu Stan, Which Are Derived From The Ancient San Skrit. Its Name Is Derived From Bang-a, The Sanskrit Name Of The Country, With The Arabic Article Al Suffixed; The Whole Being Corrupted Into The Present Form. Gaura Is Derived ...

Or Somers Bermuda
Bermuda, Or Somers, Islands, A Cluster Of Small Islands In The Atlantic Ocean, Belonging To Great Britain, And Situated 580 Miles Southeast Of Cape Hatteras And 677 Miles From New York. They Number 360, But 20 Are For The Most Part So Small And So Barren That They Have Neither ...

Or Wax Moth Bee
Bee Moth, Or Wax Moth, A Moth Belonging To The Family Galleridce; Specifically, Galleria Mellonella, The Larva Of Which Feeds On Wax In Hives. The Worm Is Yellowish-white With Brownish Dots. It Constructs Silken Gal Leries Running Through The Comb Of The Bee Hive On Which It Feeds. When About ...