Semolina
a term applied to a kind of wheat meal in large, hard grains, used for making puddings, thickening soup, etc.
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These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Semolina, Sempach, Senate.
Sempach
a village of Switzerland, in the canton and 8 miles N. W. of Lucerne, on Lake Sempach. It is remarkable as being the scene of a great victory which the Swiss gained over the Austrians under Duke Leopold, who was slain, together with 600 nobles and upward of 2,000 troops. The victory was attributed to the heroism of Arnold of Winkelried.
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Senate
. See Congress Seneca (4 B. C.-65 A. D.), a Roman philosopher. He was a member of the Roman Senate and an accomplished courtier. He taught Nero when a youth and had great influence over him when emperor. He accumulated a fortune of $15,000,000. Falling into disfavor, he was commanded to commit suicide, and did so. His writings are bulky. They have little interest as literature, but are of great value as a picture of the social ideas of his day. Seneca was an upholder of the stoic philosophy. A few quotations are given here: Not lost, but gone before. No great genius without a tincture of madness. Fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong men. I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
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Senate
UNITED STATES, the higher branch of Congress; composed of senators from each Sta irrespectwo State, ifre State, tive of the population therein. Up to May 31, 1913, they were elected by the State legislatures. On that date the 17th amendment to the United States Constitution providing for the election of senators by direct popular vote and for the filling of vacancies by appointment from the Governors of the States, went into effect. Some of the most important functions of the Senate, as distinct from the House, are the supervision of the presidential appointments of the highest grade of public officers, the passing of judgment on all treaties contracted with reign powers, and the sole power to try all impeachments. In the latter case impeachment proceedings must originate in the House, which presents the charges , to the Senate; in turn turn, acts Vice-President of the court. The United States is president of the Senate, but has no vote therein excepting in the case of a tie, and is really an officer with limited power. It is customary after the Vice-President has been installed as presiding officer of the Senate, for him to preside over a few sessions of that body and then ask for a leave of absence, when members the Senate elects one of its own as president pro tem., and the member so chosen acts as presiding officer whenever the Vice-President does not wish to exercise that privilege.
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Send
an American financier, born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1849. He was educated at Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, and after having acquired some mercantile experience, he became connected with the Philadelphia banking house of Drexel and Company, becoming a partner in 1882 and later the head of the concern as well as a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan and Company. He was the chairman of the board of di- H rectors of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and an officer or director of many railroad companies and corporations. He was greatly interested in the breeding of thoroughbred horses, was a patron of arts and an owner of an extensive and valuable collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. He also supported for many years grand opera enterprises in Philadelphia. In 1904 he was treasurer of the Republican National Campaign Fund for Roosevelt and 1908 for Taft.
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Seneca
a lake in the W. part of New York State; 25 miles S. of Lake Ontario, into which its waters flow. It is about 37 miles long, from 2 to 4 miles broad, and 630 feet deep. It communicates with the Erie canal, and steamers ply on it.
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Seneca
LUCIUS ANNÆUS, a Roman philosopher, son of M. Annæus Seneca, an eminent rhetorician; was born in Cordoba, Spain, about the beginning of the Christian era. Taken early to Rome, he became an advocate, gained some distinction, and was made quæstor. But under Claudius, an accusation brought against him by the infamous Messalina, led to his being banished to Corsica. Returning after an exile of eight years, he was intrusted by Agrippina with the education of her son Nero. He acquired over the youth an influence as strong as it was salutary, and, having already at Agrippina's instance become prætor, he was, at that of Nero (now emperor), made consul, A. D. 57. His high moral aims and intellectual gifts incurred the jealousy and hatred of the emperor, while his wealth excited Nero's rapacity. An attempt on Nero's part to poison him having failed, he was drawn into the Pisonian conspiracy, accused, convicted, and condemned. Left free to choose his mode of death, he opened his veins, and gradually su succumbed to syncope, A. D. 65. His writings were very numerous, and many are still extant; among them are treatises on "Anger"; on "Consolation"; on "Providence"; on "Tranquillity of Mind"; "The Blessed Life"; 124 letters to Lucilius; 10 tragedies, and a remarkable work entitled "Speculations on Natural Phenomena." Seneca attached himself chiefly to the Stoic school but adopted also principles from other systems.
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Seneca (II)
MARCUS ANNÆUS, a Roman rhetorician; father of the preceding; a native of Cordoba, in Spain; born about 61 b. c. He went to Rome during the reign of Augustus, and there taught for several rhetoric with great success years. He died in Rome toward the close Tiberius (A. D. 37). He of the reign of was the author of a collection of extracts showing the treatment of school themes by contemporary rhetoricians.
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Seneca Falls
a village in Seneca co., N. Y.; on the Seneca river, near Cayuga Lake, and on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad; 16 a public miles N. of Auburn. It contains library, the Convent of St. Patrick, National and other banks, and several newspapers. The river here falls 50 feet and furnishes motive power for flouring, woolen and knitting mills, foundries, and manufactories of steam fire engines, pumps, and agricultural implements. Pop. (1910) 6,588; (1920) 6,389.
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