Eustachian Tube
in anatomy, a canal leading from the pharynx to the tympanum of the ear. See EAR.
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These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Eustachian Tube, Eustatius, Eustatius.
Eustatius
ST., a Dutch island in the West Indies, one of the Leeward Islands, 11 miles N. W. of St. Christopher's, pyramidal in form; area 8 square miles. Sugar, cotton, and maize are raised; but the principal production is tobacco. The climate is healthy, but earthquakes are frequent. Pop. about 1,300.
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Eustatius
ST. Turks (1453), by driving the learned Greeks from this city, gave a new impulse to letters in western Europe, which was carried onward by the invention of printing, and the Reformation. The discovery of America was followed by the temporary preponderance of Spain in Europe, and next of France. Subsequently Prussia and Russia gradually increased in territory and strength. The French Revolution (1789) and the Napoleonic wars had a profound effect on Europe, the dissolution of the old German empire being one of the results. Since then the most important events in European history have been the establishment of the independence of Greece; the disappearance of Poland as a separate state; the unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel; the Franco-German war, resulting in the consolidation of Germany into an empire under the leadership of Prussia; the partial dismemberment of the Turkish empire, including the loss of Crete; the loss by Spain of her colonies in 1898; the absorption by England of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State in Africa in 1900. The political history of Europe from the beginning of the 20th century led directly to the World War. The seizure of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria in 1908, the Balkan Wars in 1912-1913, and the ever increasing militarism of Germany culminated in the great world struggle which began in August, 1914.
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Eutaw Springs
a small tributary of the Santee river in Clarendon co., S. C. It is noted for the battle fought on its banks in 1781, between about 2,000 Americans under General Greene, and about 2,300 British under Colonel Stuart. The latter were defeated and driven from their camp but returned and Greene was compelled to retire. In the night, however, the British retreated toward Charleston, leaving 138 killed and wounded and about 500 prisoners. The Americans lost about 550 in killed, wounded and missing.
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Euthanasia
a term employed to describe painless methods of inducing death. The subject is chiefly of interest in respect to the close of illnesses in which the death agony is likely to be prolonged, and methods of easing pain in such cases by narcotics and similar means are regarded as admissible. The actual hastening of death in an apparently incurable illness is, however, a graver matter, and the weight of ethics, law and religion is strongly against such action, which is regarded as tantamount to actual slaying. The adage that while there is life there is hope expresses the fundamental principle opposed to euthanasia, and the cases are numerous of ultimate recovery on the part of a patient who has been doomed by expert opinion. Latin rope.
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Euxine
. See Black Sea
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Evander
Son of Hermes, is said to have led a colony, about sixty years before the Trojan war, from Creadia into Italy, and there to have built a town, Pallantium, on the Tiber, which was afterwards incorporated with Rome. Evergetes (The Benefactor). A title of honor conferred by the Greek states upon those from whom they had received benefits. 2026 Editor's Note: The name Evander is an anglicization of the Greek Εὔανδρος, literally meaning 'good man'. It has also been adopted as an anglicization of the Gaelic name Ìomhar, with Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish versions rendered as Evandro. (Ed: BR 2026-07-16)
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Evangelical
a term often used to qualify certain theological views, especially strict views on the question of the atonement, justification by faith, the nspiration and authority of the Scripinspira tures, and allied doctrines. In England the so-called Low Church party is evangelical in its views. In a more general sense the word implies a peculiar fervency and earnestness in insisting on such doctrines as regeneration, redemption, etc. The "Evangelical Church" is the official title of the Established Church of Prussia, formed in 1817 by the union of Lutherans and Calvinists.
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Evangelical Alliance
an association of members of different sections of the Christian Church, organized in London in 1846, to lend its influence in favor of evangelical doctrines (see EVAN- GELICAL), religious union and liberty, and against superstition and unbelief. The alliance has branches throughout the world.
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Evangelical Association
a body of American Christians, chiefly of German descent, established about the beginning of the 19th century. In form of government and mode of worship it generally agrees with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Evangelical Union
the name of a religious sect, also familiarly known as the Morisonians, from the Rev. James Morison, its originator. It took rise in Scotland in 1840, and three years afterward organized itself as a separate Christian denomination. The Morisonians maintain the universality of the atonement, combining with this the doctrine of eternal personal and unconditional election, and denying that anyone will be condemned for Adam's fall.
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Evangelist
a writer of the history or doctrines, precepts, actions, life, and death of Christ; in particular, the "four evangelists," Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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Evans
Mary Ann. See Cross ; Mrs. Mary Ann Evans
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Evans
AUGUSTA JANE (WIL- SON), an American novelist; born in Columbus, Ga., May 8, 1835. Her writings include: "Inez, a Tale of the Alamo" (1856); "Beulah," the most popular of her novels (1859); "St. Elmo" (1866); "At the Mercy of Tiberius" (1887); "A Speckled Bird" (1902); "Devota" (1907). She died in 1909.
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Evans
SIR ARTHUR JOHN, an English archæologist, born in Nash Mills, Herts, in 1851. He was educated at Oxford and in Germany. He spent 10 years in travel in eastern Europe, especially in the Balkans. From 1884 to 1908 he was keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. In 1893 he undertook investigations in Crete, and these resulted in the discovery of remarkable archæological remains, which gave a new aspect to the history of prehistoric Eu- He wrote "Cretan Pictographs and Præ-Phoenician Script" (1896); He "Scripta Minoa" (1909). was knighted in 1911.
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