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Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, book 0, sectio 0 (search)
The text reprinted here is that of Wilhelm Weinberger, from volume 67 of the
Vienna Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum.
< = "from"
AG = Allan and Greenough's New Latin
Grammar (Boston
1916: often reprinted)
Gruber = J. Gruber, Kommentar zu Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae
(Berlin
1979)
LHS = Leumann-Hofmann-Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Syntax und
Stilistik (Munich
1972)
sc. = scilicet, 'supply'
Passages in the Consolatio are indicated thus: 1M1.9 = Book One, Metrum One,
Line 9. 2P6.4 = Book Two, Prosa Six, Section 4.
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Advertisement (search)
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 2 : military policy, or the philosophy of war. (search)
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Chapter 6 : logistics, or the practical art of moving armies. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Agassiz , Louis John Rudolph , 1807 -1873 (search)
Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph, 1807-1873
Naturalist; born in Motier parish, near Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 28. 1807.
He was of Huguenot descent, was thoroughly educated at Heidelberg and Munich, and received the honorary degree of Ph.D. He prosecuted his studies in natural history in Paris, where Cuvier offered him his collection for the purpose.
The liberality of Humboldt enabled him to publish his great work (1834-44) on Fossil fishes, in 5 volumes, with an atlas.
He arrived in Boston in 1846, and lectured there
Louis Agassiz. on the Animal Kingdom and on Glaciers.
In the summer of 1847 the superintendent of the Coast Survey tendered him the facilities of that service for a continuance of his scientific investigations.
Professor Agassiz settled in Cambridge, and was made Professor of Zoology and Geology of the Lawrence Scientific School at its foundation in 1848.
That year he made.
with some of his pupils, a scientific exploration of the shores of Lake Superior.
He aft
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Expositions, industrial. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kaufman , Theodore 1814 - (search)
Kaufman, Theodore 1814-
Artist; born in Nelsen, Hanover, Dec. 18, 1814; studied painting in Munich and Hamburg; came to the United States in 1855, and served during the Civil War in the National army.
Later he settled in Boston.
His works include General Sherman near the Watchfire; On to liberty; A Pacific Railway train attacked by Indians; Slaves seeking shelter under the flag of the Union; Admiral Farragut entering Harbor through torpedoes; and Farragut in the rigging.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Leland , Charles Godfrey 1824 - (search)
Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824-
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 15, 1824; graduated at Princeton in 1845; took advanced courses at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Paris; and, returning to the United States, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Philadelphia till 1853.
He then entered journalism, and was at different times an editor on the New York Times; Philadelphia Evening bulletin; Vanity fair; Philadelphia Press; Knickerbocker magazine; and Continental magazine.
During 1869-80 he lived in London.
Returning to the United States, he was the first to establish industrial education, based on the minor arts, as a branch of public school teaching.
Later his system spread to England, Austria-Hungary, and other countries.
He discovered the Shelta language, which was spoken by the Celtic tinkers, and was the famous lost language of the Irish bards, and his discovery was verified by Kuno Meyer, from manuscripts 1,000 years old. His publications include Hans B
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCracken , William Denison 1864 - (search)
McCracken, William Denison 1864-
Author; born in Munich, Germany, Feb. 12. 1864, of American parents; graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1885.
He is the author of The rise of the Swiss republic: Swiss Solutions of American problems; Little Idyls of the Big world, etc.