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Cradle of Liberty

a name by During the Revolution it was the favorwhich Faneuil Hall, in Boston, is known. During the Revolution it was the favor- CRADLE OF LIBERTY, a name by ite meeting place of the Americans. The name is also sometimes applied to the city of Boston. can clergyman and publicist, born in CRAFTS, WILBUR FISK, an Ameriof the family Mygalidx, which may be at once known by the shape of its manbut in the Mygalidæ they are bent downward, and strike the prey much as a lion clutches at his victim with his curved ceed from them. In the greater number young birds and other small vertebrates. ward, and strike the prey much as a lion in 1815-1846 capital of a republic of the same name later forming part of Austrian Galicia; is on the left bank of the young birds and other small vertebrates. consists of Cracow proper, or the old city, and several suburbs. It is the see of a bishop, is well built and regularly Wesleyan University in 1869 and was ordained a Methodist clergyman in 1867. In 1880 he joined the Congregational Church, and in 1883 the Presbychurches in New England, Chicago, terian, serving in pastorates in several Brooklyn, and New York. Always having

He lectured throughout the been active in Sunday School work, he founded, in 1889, the American Sabbath Union. ndent of the International United States as field secretary of this organization, and in 1895 founded and was superintendent Reform Bureau. He made many journeys CRAIG to Europe and to the Orient, lecturing on religious subjects. His writings include "The Ideal Sunday School" (1876), "Successful Men of To-day" (1883), "Practical Christian Sociology" (1895), "Patriotic Studies" (1906), "Prohibition Handbook" (1911), and "Bible Stories and Poems" (1914). He served as a member on many commissions on prohibition and other social subjects, and was a member of many commissions on war-time activities during the World War. CRAIOVA

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