Abolition, of slavery, vii. 2897; Cal- houn on, x. 4276 et seq.; societies scouted by Webster, xi. 4698; at- tacked by Hayne, xii. 4985; stand- ard, glorious, xv. 6155; agitation and the Territories, xvii. 7334; party formed, 7403; fanaticism, xxi. 8989
Abolitionism, xiii. 5623; fanaticism,
xvi. 6981; exposed, xvii. 7349; op- posed by Vallandigham, xix. 8183; characterized, xx. 8712; rise of, xxiii. 9912
Abolitionists, Southern (of liberty), xiii. 5336; differ with Brownson, xiv. 5893; American, Garrison's tribute to, xv. 6165; results of success of, xvi. 6801; duty of, xviii. 7666; in Vermont, xix.
Abraham, life of, xiv. 5768
Absolutism, ix. 3510; xiii. 5396; pre- dominant, xxi. 8806; and liberty, 8976
Achilles, speech of, i. 4-10; descent
of, 155; refreshed by Athena, xix. 7960
Accountability of rulers, x. 4262 Adam's fall, v. 1783 Adams, Charles Francis, life of, xv. 6191; "The State and the Union," 6191-6205; praised, xvi. 6837; not consulted, 6838; protest of, xx.8576
Adams, Chas. Francis, Jr., life of, xxiii. 9829; "A College Fetich," 9829- and linguistic training, 9856 Mary Emerson, translation of, iv. 1663, vii. 2759, viii. 3475, xii. 4885, xiii. 5393, xiv. 5794, xv. 6560, xix. 8105
John, quoted, v. 2031, 2035, xxiii. 9852; (concerning loyalists), xxiv. 10269; life of, vi. 2560, xi. 4388 et seq.; inaugural address, vi. 2561-68; the Boston massacre, 2569-93; commemorated by Web- ster, xi. 4381; quoted ("Sink or Swim"), 4407; vilified, 4483; ar- guments of, xvi. 6950; at Phila- delphia, xix. 8269; on corruption, 8300; on Hancock, xx. 8386; char- acterized, 8394; pessimism of, 8696; denunciation of, 8719; and French, xxiii. 9851
John Quincy, life of, ix. 3670; oration at Plymouth, 3671-90; "Lafayette," 3691-98; "Jubilee of the Constitution, "" 3698-3709; praised by Story, x. 4138; an agi- tator, xiii. 5266; cited, xviii. 7578; and the kidnapped slaves, 7591; and patronage, xx. 8631; and mod- ern languages, xxiii. 9854
Nehemiah, Southern view of slav- ery, xvi. 6698
Samuel, life of, v. 2009; "Amer- ican Independence," 2010-30; com- memorated by Webster, xi. 4411; Father of American Independence, XX. 8392; commemorated by Curtis, 8673; in double character, 8700; quoted, xviii. 7775, xxv. 10918 Addison, Joseph, a genuine gentle- man, xvii. 7143
Adrianople, treaty of, ix. 3906, 3913 Elred, life of, iii. 1268; funeral ser- mon, 1268-72
olus, myth of, xix. 7944 Eschines, life of, i. 225; against crowning Demosthenes, 226-44; enemy of the people, 282; descent, 284; a traitor, 286; education of, 320; compared with Demosthenes, 322; stinginess of, 334; charged with corrupt conduct, 338; speaks in favor of peace, 341; against the Thebans, 343; curse of, 375; and the Olynthian woman, 395; si- lenced, ii. 482; hinted at, 498 Eschylus, Lubbock on, quoted, xvii. 7069; xxiii. 9768
Affairs, domestic and foreign, Glad- stone on, xv. 6339 Afghanistan, free and independent, xv. 6366; Amir of, xxiii. 10003 Africa, civilization of, viii. 3373, 3444, xiii. 5416; slavery a means for Christianization of, xiii. 5347; colonization of, 5408; barbarism of, 5417, 5607; Christianization of, xvii. 7217; benighted, xviii. 7593; German colonies in, xxii. 9398; Brit- ish policy in (Laurier), xxiv. 10459; the crisis in South, xxv. 10833 Agamemnon, i. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 Age, spirit of the, xiii. 5328 Aggrandizement, national, ix. 3599; wars of, xii. 5176
Aggression, necessary, ii. 522; crim- inal, xxi. 9079
Agitators, Jefferson, Washington, Ad- ams, xiii. 5266
Aglauros, in Homer and Dante, xix. 7964
Agnosticism, xxiv. 10135 Agra, vi. 2251, 2253
Agrarian crime, in Ireland, xv. 6400 Agreements, binding, i. 218 Agriculture in England, xii. 4897; under slave labor, xiii. 5409 Aguinaldo, status of, xx. 8544; en- titled to self-government, xxi. 8932; not a Washington, 9081; govern- ment of, 9086; supports Dewey, xxiv. 10439; a spoiled child, xxv. 11006
Aims, high and noble, xv. 6184; Lib-
eral (Chamberlain), xxiii. 9993 Air, our ignorance of, xix. 8053 Akber, Emperor, vi. 2254 "Alabama," Claims, xv. 6130; devas- tations of the, xviii. 7869
Alabama, whipping-posts in, xix. 8189; resources of, xxi. 8961
Alaska, purchase of, justified, xx.
Alaric, cruelty of, xxi. 9016 Albuera, horrors at, xvii. 7034 Alcæus quoted, xi. 4720 Alcibiades, depicted by Nicias, i. 38; mentioned, 66, 111; life of, 137; speech in favor of the Sicilian ex- pedition, 137-41
Alexander I., Emperor of Russia, xviii. 7532
the Great, i. 201; oration on the treaty with, ii. 637-46; de- scribed, iv. 1748, x. 4035 Alexandria, bombardment of, xxii. 9278-79
Alamo, slaughter of the, xvii. 7381 Algiers, expedition to, xii. 4882; bar- barians of, xiii. 5264
Alien Bill, ix. 3552 et seq.; tyranny of, xvi. 6833
Allan, Sir Hugh, and money in elec- tions, xxii. 9225
Allegiance, nature of, xvii. 7071 Alliance, the Holy, wrecked, xviii. 7531
Allston, Washington, quoted, xix.8041 Alonzo of Aragon, on old age, xxiii.
Alva, Duke of, prevented from land- ing in Scotland, xviii. 7823 Amalia, Princess, described by Thack- eray, xvii. 7184
Amateurs, in religion, xviii. 7476 Amazon, fresh water from the, xxv. 10854
Ambition, evil of, iv. 1468; power of, v. 1850; honorable, 1861; proof of, vii. 2756; Emmet's, x. 4191; Car- lyle on, xiii. 5321; dangerous, xxii. 9530; of Napoleon Bonaparte, viii. 3426; of Danton, ix. 3635; of Charles V., xii. 5176; of Louis Napoleon, xv. 6246; Ambassador, defined,
French, ordered to depart from England, viii. 3378 Ambassadors, duties of, i. 339 Ambrose, Saint, life of, iii. 1154; funeral oration on his brother, 1154-67; quoted, iv. 1322 Amendment, Fourteenth, rejected, xx. 8516
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