Each of these 9 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
JOANNES (duns skō' tus), a Scotch metaphysician, head of the Schoolmen, called "the subtle doctor"; born in Ireland, 1265 or 1274. His opposition to the Thomists or adherents of Thomas Aquinas was spirited. He wrote an "Exposition of Aristotelian Physics"; "Questions on Aristotle's Work on the Soul"; and similar works. He died in Cologne, Nov. 8, 1308.
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EDWARD JOHN MORE- TON DRAX PLUNKETT, BARON, an English poet and dramatist. He was born in 1878 and was educated at Eton. He was a captain in the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was wounded in 1916. His works include: "Gods of Pegana"; "Time and the Gods"; "A Dreamer's Tales"; "Five Plays"; "Plays of God and Men"; "The Glittering Gate"; "The Gods of the Mountain"; "The Tents of the Arabs"; "A Night a an Inn"; "Tales of War," etc.
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ST., an Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic; born in Glastonbury in 925. youth he was remarkable for his As a learning and his skill in music, painting, carving, and working in metals. He entered the Benedictine order, became an anchorite at Glastonbury, and in 945 was made abbot by King Edmund. After the death of Edmund, Edred, the next king, made him his prime minister and principal director in civil and ecclesiastical affairs. In the reign of Edwy he was banished, but was recalled by Edgar, and made Archbishop of Canterbury. He was again deprived of power on the accession of Ethelred in 978. He did much to improve education and to raise the standing and character of the priesthood. He ing died in Canterbury in 988.
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a borough of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is on the Monongahela river, and on the Pennsylvania railroad. The city has large steel works and blast furnaces. There is a public library and an institute. Pop. (1910) 15,727; (1920) 19,011.
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a city of Illinois, in Perry Illinois, in Perry co. It is on the Illinois Central railroad. Its industries include iron works, flour mills, planing mills, etc. There are important coal mines in the neighborhood. Pop. (1910) 5,454; (1920) 7,285.
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CAROLUS, CHARLES AU- GUSTE-EMILE, called DURAND, a French painter; born in Lille, July July 4, 1837. He received his early art education at the municipal school in his native town, and in 1853 went to Paris and spent much time in copying again and again "La Joconde," at the Louvre. He gained the Wicar traveling scholarship Italy, and at Rome painted and went to "La Prière du Soir." exhibited at the Salon in 1865. For "L'Assassiné (1866), he was awarded his first medal. M. Duran resided for a year in Spain, and the influence of Velasquez is clearly seen in his "St. Francis of Assissi," exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868. But the fame of Carolus Duran rests principally on his portraits, which are very numerous. Among them may be mentioned Emile de Girardin, those of his daughters, the equestrian portrait of Mlle. Croizette, the well-known actress, and a portrait of Pasteur. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and of the Order of Leopold. In 1898 he made a lecturing tour to the United States, this being his second visit. In the same year he was elected president of the National Society of Fine Arts. Exhibited at St. Louis Exposition in 1904. Member of French Institute (1915), and Director of French Academy at Rome. He died in Paris, Feb. 18, 1917.
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a state of Mexico, with an area of 38,009 square miles. It is for the most part high and dry plateau and is traversed in the northern part by the Sierra Madre mountains. The soil in general is good and produces wheat, vegetables, sugar cane, and cotton. Corn, tobacco, and grapes are also grown. The principal industry of the state is mining, and its silver mines have been famous from colonial times. Iron and steel are also mined near the city of Durango. Manufacturing has made some progress in recent years. There are soap and candle factories, tanneries, and pottery works. Pop. about 500,000. The capital is Durango. DURANGO (also (also called Guadiana and Ciudad de Victoria), a town of Mexico, on a dry plateau, 6,700 feet above sealevel, 500 miles N. W. of the City of Mexico. It is handsomely built, with a cathedral, a former Jesuit college, a theater, and a mint, and the town now has tramways and telephones. Pop. about 33,000.
a city of Colorado, the county-seat of La Plata co. It is on the Las Animas river, and on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Southern railroads. The city is a commercial center for southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. There are smelting and reduction works, flour mills, and a packing plant. The city has a public library and other public buildings.
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a port of Albania, built on the rocky peninsula of of Pelu, in the Adriatic, 50 miles S. Scutari. It is a decayed place with a ruined citadel; but the harbor is the most important of middle Albania. Durazzo is the ancient Epidamnos, founded about 625 b. C. by Corcyræans and Corinthians. It became a great and popиlous city, but was much harassed by the party strifes, which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian War. Under the Romans it was called Dyrrachium (whence its modern name), and became the principal landing-place for those sailing from Brundusium in Italy to Greece; and the great military road to the Hellespont began here. The town was captured by the Austrians Feb. 28, 1916. June 3, 1917, the Italians set up a provisional government here. Pop. about 5,000.
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in law, a condition that may be either physical, that is, by actual confinement or restraint of liberty, or moral, that is, by threats or menaces, duress per minas; in either case the overt act must be to compel a person to do some act, as to execute a deed or commit an offense: in such case the act is invalid and excusable. Thus, if a man is violently assaulted, and has no other possible means of escaping death, he is permitted to kill his assailant; for here the law of nature and self-defense, its primary canon, has made him his own protector.
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