Paderborn
a town of Prussia; 50 miles S. W. of The fine Romanesque cathedral ( completed in 1163, is built over sources of the Pader Pac, and contains silver coffin of St. Liborius. edifices are St. Bartholomew's (1017) and the town house (1615; restored 1870-1876). The old Hanse town was sacked by the Duke of Brunswick in 1622, and it suffered much during the Thirty Years' War. From 1614 to 1819 it was the seat of a Roman Catholic university. Much of it was burnt down in 1875.
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Padgett
LEMUEL P., member of the House of Representatives from the 7th Tennessee district. Born in Columbia, Tenn., 1855, graduated from Erskine College, South Carolina, 1876. Three years later he began the practice of law at Columbia. From 1898-1900 he was a member of the Tennessee State Senate and in 1901 was elected to Congress, since that time he has been re-elected for every term. When the Democratic party obtained a majority in the House in 1911 Congressman Padgett became Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and directed the Committee's action during the war with Germany. Since December, 1917, he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Paes
or PAEZES, an Indian tribe living in the mountains of Colombia. They were formerly a powerful, warlike tribe now reduced to about 2,000. They live in villages and follow agriculture and though inhabiting a cold region wear few clothes. PÆSTUM, an ancient city of Lucania, in southern Italy, in the N. W. extremity of that province, about 4 miles S. E. from the mouth of the Silarus (Selo), and upon a bay of the Tyrrhenian Sea, called Sinus Pæstanus (now Gulf of Salerno). It was a place of importance and great beauty in the time of the Romans, and renowned for the splendid roses grown in its neighborhood, which bloomed twice a year.
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Paetus
A cognomen in many Roman gentes, signified a person who had a slight cast in the eye. Pagasae or Pagasa. A town of Thessaly, on the coast of Magnesia. It was the port of Iolcos, and afterwards of Pherae, and is celebrated in mythology as the place where Jason built the ship Argo. Palaemon or Palemon. A sea deity, son of Athamas and Ino. His original name was Melicerta. He assumed the name of Palaemon after being changed into a sea deity by Neptune. 2026 Editor's Note: While this cognomen was common, its most significant historical association is with the Roman general Lucius Caesennius Paetus, who suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Rhandeia. This loss occurred during the Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 , a conflict over the control of Armenia that resulted in a compromise where Parthian princes ruled only with Roman approval. (Ed: BR 2026-06-06)
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JOSÉ ANTONIO, one of the founders of South American independence; born of Indian parents near Acarigua, Venezuela, in 1790. He entered the patriot army in 1810, rose to general of division in 1819, and took a leading part in the battle of Carabobo, which secured the independence of Colombia in 1821. At first he acted in concert with Bolivar, but in 1829 he placed himself at the head of the revolution which culminated in the independence of Venezuela, of which he was the first president. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States. He died in exile in New York, May 7, 1873.
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Pagan
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a heathen, an idolater; one who worships idols or false gods (applied to one who is not a Christian, a Jew, or a Mohammedan). The last use of the word dates from the 4th century. Trench says that the first use of the word in this sense is in an edict of the Emperor Valentinian A. D. 368. When Christianity was first preached, the cities were quicker to embrace the faith than the villages and the word paganus = a villager became synonymous with heathen.
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Paganism
the state or condition of a pagan; heathenism; the worship of idols or false gods, used specially of that of ancient Rome. In Germany the term is applied to tendencies in the Christian church, deemed polytheistic. GE, a youth attached to the service
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. See Chivalry
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CARROLL SMALLEY. United States Senator from Vermont. Born 1843 at Westfield, Vt. Educated at different New England_academies, he entered business in Lamoille, Vt. He rapidly made headway and served as president of the Lamoille County Savings Bank and Trust Co., and was director in many important railroad and banking corporations. From 1869-1872 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and later of the te. Prominent in the activi- State Senate. ties of the Republican party, he was Chairman of the Vermont delegation to the National Convention in 1912. From 1890 to 1892 he was Governor of Ver- Senator Proctor of Vermont mont. died in 1908 and Page was elected to fill his unexpired term. He was twice re-elected.
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HERMAN, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, born in Boston in 1866. He graduated from Harvard in 1888 and studied in the Episcopal Theological School. He was ordained priest in 1891 and from that year to 1900 was in charge of mission churches in Idaho. In the latter year THOMAS NELSON PAGE he became rector of St. John's Church, Fall River, Mass. He was later rector Masure consecrated bishop of Spokane, Wash., in 1914.
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CURTIS HIDDEN. An American editor and translator. He was born at Greenwood, Mo., in 1870, and graduated from Harvard as A. M. and Ph. D. in 1894. He then went to reside in France and Italy, and returned to teach the Romance languages and Engsingle lish at Western Reserve University, Harvard, Columbia, the Northwestern University and Dartmouth. He translated Bergerac's " A Voyage to the Moon "; "Songs and Sonnets"; "The Ronsard's d's Best Plays of Molière"; and Anatole France's "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife." He has edited "Poet Lore," and some poetical reprints.
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