Religion," 7460-77; eulogy of Hor. | ace Greeley, 7477-86 Chapleau, Joseph Adolphe, life of, xxiv. 10346; "The Execution of Riel," 10346-419
Character above genius, xvi. 6966; in Emerson, xx. 8337
Characteristics, national, xii. 5109 Chares, promise of, ii. 479; expedi- tion of, 569
Charidemus, crowning of, i. 279 Charity, defined, xi. 4314; for all (Lincoln), xvi. 6586; and humor (Thackeray's lecture), xvii. 7136; Children's day at St. Paul's, 7174 Charities, of Boston, xvi. 6734 Charlemagne, anecdote of, xxv. 10551 Charles Edward the Pretender, xx. 8606
I., iv. 1416, 1444, 1454, 1475, 1511, 1555, v. 1836; funeral dis- course on, 1988; a hypocrite, 2068, 2099; quoted, vii. 2811; and Crom- well, vi. 3288; tragic end, 3474, xiii. 5557; and the petition of right, xix. 8266
II., iv. 1475, 1533, 1548, 1555, 1996, 2068; vii. 2839, 2873
V., Emperor, quoted, xiii. 5544, xix. 8005; as a hero, xiv. 5956
XII., of Sweden, xvi. 6974 Charleston, cowardice of, xix. 8195 Charlestown, burning of, v. 2007, vi. 2497, 2540, vii. 2714, xi. 4362, xii. 5097
Charlevoix, the Nestor of Canadian literature, xxiii. 10074; quoted, 10076
Charlotte, Queen, of England, xvii. 7171 et seq.
Charters, rights of, v. 2017 Chartists, ix. 3792; on Kennington Common, xxi. 8945
Chase, Salmon Portland, life of, xv. 6226; "The Kansas-Nebraska Bill," 6226-44; quoted, xvi. 6601, xx. 8418; cited, xviii. 7700 Chastity, and Nature, xx. 8367 Châteaubriand, Viscount de, life of, ix. 3728; government intervention, 3729-35; quoted, xii. 5095, xiv. 5790; anecdote of, 5797; cited, xxiv. 10458
Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt), com-
pared with Earl of Mansfield, v.
1832; life of, 1855, 1972; "At- tempt to Subjugate America,' 1856-70; reply to Walpole, 1870- 72; on Walpole, 1873-92; "On the State of the Nation," 1915-26; "Relations to Spain, 1927-49; "On the Quartering of British Sol- diers in Boston," 1950-54; "On Removing Troops from Boston, 1955-66; "On Putting a Stop to Hostilities in America, "" 1966-72; last speech on America, 1972-74; reported by Sir Philip Francis, 2049; patron of Duke of Grafton, 2069; advocate of America, 2179; quoted, vii. 2999, xvi. 6713, xix. 8151; willing for reconciliation, xv. 6196; training of, xxii. 9314 Chattanooga, and Garfield, xxi. 9169 Chaucer, quoted, xix. 8046 Chauncey, Charles, life of, v. 1814; Thanksgiving sermon "On the Re peal of the Stamp Act," 1814-31 Cheirisophus, speech of, i. 178 Chemistry, x. 4130
Cherbourg, fortifications at, xvi. 6891 Cherokees, capable of civilization, xii. 5074
Chersonese, oration on (Demosthenes),
from, delayed, xxv. 10516; char- acterized, 10873; partition of, 10920; stagnation of, 11026 Chinese Bill, vetoes, xvii. 7564 Choate, Joseph Hodges, life of, xxii. 9460; "Rufus Choate," 9460-68
Rufus, life of, xiii. 5448; "Books and Civilization in America," 5448- 57; "Necessity of Compromises in American Politics," 5458-68; eu- logy on Webster, 5469-93; "On American Nationality," 5493-5525; quoted on Virginia, xx. 8387; ora- tion on (Joseph H. Choate), xxii.
Christ, character of, x. 4210; Edward Irving on, xii. 5047; "The Con- soler" (Ary Scheffer's picture), an- ecdote of, 5210; omnipotence of, xiv. 5864; example of (Colenso), xviii. 7451; loneliness of (Robert- son), 7624; the disciples of, xix. 8057; condescension of (Spurgeon), xxiii. 9781; the personal, 9923; "What think ye of ?" (Moody), 10012-23; and higher criticism (Père Didon), xxiv. 10440 Christendom, how formed, xv. 6376 Christianity, precepts of, rendered
void, viii. 3509; essentially repub- lican, ix. 3738; overlaid with su- perstition, x. 4125; hostile sects, the bane of, xii. 4839; promoter of civilization, 4873; and Judaism, 4952; ground of Talfourd's de- fence of Moxon, 5219; and Gib- bon, 5244; and persecution, xiii. 5577; first appearance in Rome, 5649; peaceful spread of, xiv. 5850; designs against, 5899; estimated, xv. 6140; early, 6141; driven out of public life, 6273; hostile to op- pression, xvi. 6818; and slavery, 6967; in the state, xviii. 7549; common, 7609; basis of republican empire, xix. 8290; a mere wrangle, xxi. 9067; taught to slaves, xxii. 9329; a force, no luxury, xxiii. 9903; and slavery, xxiv. 10173; unconscious, 10481 Church, and slavery, x. 4292, xiii.
5347; and sects, xii. 4951; En- glish, on private judgment, xiv. 5694; triumph of (Manning), xv. 6260; the, and Rome, xvi. 6683;
the, and Garrison, 6962; and war, xvii. 7057; a popular assistant, 7267; institutions, 7289; and the powers of darkness, xviii. 7647; slave of foreign powers, xix. 8091; dissevered from State, not feeble, 8297; a tangible body, xxiii. 9815; Roman Catholic, in Canada, 9973; control, not permissible, xxiv. 10541 Churchill, Lord Randolph, interrupts Gladstone, xv. 6509, 6520, 6532, 6542; quoted, 6511; cited, xxiv. 10236; life of, xxv. 10653; "The Egyptian Crisis," 10653-59 Chrysostom, Saint John, life of, iii. 1168; sermon, 1168-86; quoted, iv. 1322, 1618; compared to Ever- ett, xvi. 6641; Luther on, xxiii. 9766
Cicero, Marcus Tullius, life of, ii. 674, 675, 710, 711; 1st oration against Catiline, 677-93; 2d oration against Catiline, 694-709; 3d oration against Catiline, 711-27; 4th oration against Catiline, 740-55; his peril, 740; his glory, 753; 1st oration against Ver- res, 753-80; at Syracuse, iii. 863- 914; speech for Archias the Poet, 875-91; love of glory, 889; in de- fence of Quintus Ligarius, 892- 911; 1st Philippic, 911-32; 2d Philippic, 933-98; 3d Philippic, 998-1019; dignity in misfortune, 1013; 4th Philippic, 1020-27; 5th Philippic, 1028-57; 6th Philippic, 1058-68; his prophecy, 1060; his zeal for the republic, 1066; 10th Philippic, 1068-84; 14th Philippic, 1084-1105; charged with aspiring to dictatorship, 1091; quoted, iv. 1466, 1644; as an example, vi. 2345; the American (R. H. Lee), 2493; exampled by Lord Erskine, vii. 2941; by Robespierre, viii. 3302; quoted, ix. 3748, xi. 4396, xiv. 5871, xvii. 6997, 7021, 7098, xxiv. 10194, 10284; quoted by Webster, xi. 4352, 4396, 4744; only original Roman, xii. 5126; language of, 5132; compared to Everett, xvi. 6638; and the micro- scopic "Iliad," 6940; cited, xvii. 7069; as an orator, xxi. 9003; for Muræna, quoted, 9303; on oratory, 9304, 9325; recommenda-
tion of, xxii. 9314; cited, on de- sire of gain, 9512; on friendship, quoted, xxiii. 9773, 9779; quali- ties of, xxv. 10700; and Andrew Jackson compared, 10940 Cincinnati, Society of, vii. 2667, 2670, 2815; riot at, xx. 8705 Citizenship, right of, xxiv. 10468 Ciudad Rodrigo, sack of, xvii. 7033 Civilization, and the individual man,
xii. 4767; diffusion of, 5131; growth of, 5179; the great man of, xiii. 5517; eradicator of, 5609; due to Voltaire's smile, xiv. 5779; ad- vanced by the Pilgrims, xvi. 6740; results of, xix. 7991; by commerce, XX. 8747; the essence of, xxv. 10814; spread of, 10933; progress of, 11022
Civil list, British, in arrears, v. 1883, 2054, xxiv. 10524
Civil service, of Ireland, xv. 6443; improvement in, xx. 8402; reform, Curtis on, 8627; needs of, xxii. 9446
Civil war, predicted, xvii. 6999 Clan-na-Gael, xxv. 10581 Clarendon, Lord, in danger of libel suits, ix. 3589
Clark, Senator, and bribery, xxi. 8912 Clarke, Sir Edward, cited by Brad- laugh, xxii. 9588
James Freeman, life of, xvi. 6686; "Why am I a Unitarian?” 6686-6707
Class feeling, ii. 558
Classic training, xxiii. 9829 et seq. Classics, the, as studies, xii. 5239 Clay, Cassius Marcellus, life of, xvi. 6792; at Yale College, 6792-6800; career of, xx. 8578
Henry, life of, x. 4033; "Dic- tators in American Politics," 4033- 45; "On the Expunging Resolu- tions,' 4046-49; "On the Semi- nole War," 4050-55; "Emancipa tion of South America," 4055-68; "The American System and the Home Market," 4068-82; "In Favor of a Paternal Policy of In- ternal Improvements, 4083-88; "Free Trade and Seamen's Rights," 4089-95; "Greek Revolution," 4095-99; "The Noblest Public Virtue," 4099-4101; "Sixty Years
of Sectionalism," 4101-14; address to Lafayette, 4114-15; reply to John Randolph, 4116; invoked, xv. 6230; Lincoln's beau-ideal of a statesman, xvi. 6610; eulogized, xvii. 7345; cited with praise, xviii. 7578; commemorated by Breckin- ridge, xix. 8246; career of, xxi. 9162; and the Alabama letter, 9166; tariff views of, xxii. 9599 Clayton dodges an issue, x. 4270 Clearchus, dastardly plan of, i. 182 Clear Grit party in Canada, xxii. 9209 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain), life of, xxii. 9871; "New England Weather," 9871-75 Clement, Alexandrine, quoted, iv. 1619 IX., quoted, xviii. 7766
Cleon, i. 35; life of, 43; "On the Condemnation of the Mitylena- "43-48
Cleopatra, passionless bosom of a pictured, xii. 5244
Clergy reserves question, xxii. 9212 Clericalism, in France, xx. 8369 Cleveland, Grover, at Harvard, xix. 7997; financial policy criticised, xx. 8442; and the Presidency, 8616; life of, xxiv. 10117; first in- augural address, 10117-23; at din- ner of the Reform Club, 10123-29; abandoned, xxv. 10710
Clinton, De Witt, life of, ix. 3736;
Phi Beta Kappa address, 3736-57 Clive, Lord, vii. 2262, 2263, 2299 Clodius Publius, death of, iii. 944, 960 Clough, Arthur Hugh, quoted, xxv. 10550
Coal, duty on, xix. 8227; mining, of recent date, 8204 Coast survey, xi. 4732
Cobbett, William, life of, ix. 3521; "God's Vengeance against Public Robbers," 3521-31; and the Jews, xiii. 5567
mund, life of, xiv. 5865; "The Greek Difficulty," 5865-83 Cockran, William Bourke, life of, xxv. 10967; reply to William J. Bryan, 10967-78
Coercion, xv. 6542; acts explained,
xxv. 10574; Parnell on, 10576 Coinage, primitive, xx. 8591; cheap- ening of, 8433
Coke, Sir Edward, life of, iv. 1401; "On Gunpowder Plot," 1401-8; on title to the crown, 1522; on jurisdiction of courts, 1531; quoted, vii. 2705, x. 4120, xi. 4334; and the Petition of Right, xix. 8267 Colenso, John William, life of, xvii. 7451; "The Example of our Lord," xviii. 7451-53
Colepeper, Sir John, life of, iv. 1677; "The Grievances of the Church and the Commonwealth," 1677-80 Coleridge, Baron John, Duke, life of, xix. 8202; "The Value of Clear Views as to the Laws Regulating the Enjoyment of Property," 8202-
Samuel Taylor, and the hat-dof- fing German, xvi. 6932; quoted, 6969, xix. 8019, xxiv. 10175; cited, xvii. 7108, xix. 7987, xxi. 8787 Collamer, Senator, quoted, xvi. 6988 College, life, safe, xxiii. 9665; train-
ing, failure of, 9832; requirement, change demanded in, 9864 Colleges, need of, xvii. 7292; for women, xix. 8164
Collins, William, "How Sleep the Brave" quoted, xii. 5045; quoted, xix. 7895
Collins's peerage, lessons of, xiii. 5304, 5306
Cologne, Catholic reformers in, xv. 6270
Colonial policy, given up, xvi. 6893;
German, Caprivi on, xxii. 9394 Colonies, described, v. 1835; power over, 1911; free, 1951; trade with, 2124; generous conduct of, 2172; advantage of, vi. 2535; vindication of, vii. 2690; system of, viii, 3202; how treated by England, xi. 4366; relations with the king, 4399; pre- pared for liberty, xii. 5094; in 1835, xv. 6454; grown into States, xvi.
6816; of the United States, xxii. 9339; rebellious in 1837; xxiv. 10425; feeding Britain, xxv. 10640; modern, 10927 Colonization, negro, Cushing on, xiii. 5598; scouted, xxii. 9328
Society, the American, de- nounced, xv. 6156
Color, prejudice against, xv. 6159; no disqualification, xx. 8414 Colors, in ancient times, xvi. 6942 Columbia, District of, slavery in the, xvii. 7231
Columbus, discovery of America, xi. 4357; influence of, on liberty, xii. 5087
Commerce, perversion of, viii. 3372; politics of, ix. 3514; crisis in, 3791; triumphs of, xiv. 5819; freedom necessary to, 5820; Franklin's treaty of, xvi. 6648; and war, xvii. 7032; promotion of (Senator Han- na's speech), xxiii. 10046 Committee on Territories, quoted, xv. 6235
Commons, House of, distrusted, xiii. 5555; due to the Puritans, xxi. 8902 Commune, the, xiii. 5385; in Paris, xxiv. 10093; of Paris, xxv. 10613 Communism, folly of, xvii. 7561 Community of property, ix. 3682; among the Indians, 3801 Compact, social, the first, ix. 3680 Compagni, Dino, quoted, xiii. 5426 Compensation, the great law of life, XX. 8338
Competition, xv. 6296; English, with the U. S., 6339; in office, desir- able, xx. 8645; advantage of, xxv. 10514
Compromise, Crittenden, xii. 4853; Bill, 5026; the necessity of, xiii. 5458, 5516; no necessity of, 5579, 5592; vain and ephemeral, xiv. 5714; history of, 5716; willingly made, xv. 6171; endurance of, 6244; Hannibal Hamlin on, xvi. 6667; Crittenden, Toombs on the, 6801; of 1850 applauded, xvii. 7402; measures, xxi. 8775; origin of, 9013; failure of, 9049; prudent, XXV. 10641
Concession advocated, xvi. 6800
Condé, funeral oration on the Prince of, iv. 1558-71; reply, v. 1964 Condon, Edward O'Mara, quoted, xxiv. 10429
Confederacy, Southern, predicted, xi. 4706, xii. 4860, xiii. 5444; based on the Declaration of Independ- ence, xv. 6213; pretensions of the, xix. 7899; and slavery, xx. 8574; recognition of, xxi. 8950 Confederation, model of, vi. 2561; Congress of, ix. 3704; of all America, forecast of, xvi. 6836; recognition of the Southern, 6846; speech on (Macdonald), xviii. 7487; the German, 7531 Confessions, suicide, xi. 4748; evi- dence of, 4805
Confidence, cause of prosperity, xxiv. 10309
Confiscation, of property, vii. 2657;
Henry Wilson on, xvii. 7223 Congress, inability to regulate slav- ery, xi. 4441; weakened by State intervention, 4585; attacked by An- drew Johnson, xv. 6321; First, xviii. 7695; deliberation of, 7789; powers of, xx. 8509; Continental, assembled, xxi. 9062
Congreve, William, no moralist, xvii.
Conkling, Roscoe, introduced by Gen-
eral Grant, xx. 8403; life of, xxi. 9116; summing-up in the Haddock court martial, 9116; nominating Grant, 9122-26; "Issues of the Campaign" (1880), 9127-46 Coñon, visit to Cyprus, i. 163 Conquerors, rights of, xxiv. 10534 Conquest, title of, vi. 2317 Conscience, a guilty, i. 64; slavery a trifling matter of, xii. 4863; tri- bunal of, xvii. 7242; freedom of, xviii. 7793
Conscription, the fruit of, xxi. 8872 Conservatism, xiv. 5973; era of, xv. 6242; power of, xix. 8279; of pro- fessional educators, xxiii. 9836
Constantinople, Convention of, xiv.
Constitution, the, of Athens, i. 144; endangered, ii. 590
British, iv. 1473, 1514, v. 1833; wounded, 1916; described by an American, 1953; dead, 2013; ef- fect on Ireland, 2158; beloved, 2190; imperilled, vi. 2196; foun- dation of American resistance, vii. 2700; founded on freedom, 2803; Erskine's zeal for, 2960; its object, 2978; praised by Bishop of St. Asaph's, xi. 4714; praised by King Frederick William IV., xiii. 5278; to be altered, 5554; upheld, xxi. 9007
of the English colonies, v. 1837 of France, xv. 6254; power cen- tralized, xiv. 5800,
of French Republic, vii. 2644, viii. 3183; unstable. 3409, 3427; violated, ix. 3664; freest in Eu- rope, xii. 5102
of Greece, xii. 4825, xiv. 5883 of Ireland, vii. 2808, ix. 3538,
of Pilgrim Fathers, xii. 5116 of Southern Confederacy, xvii.
of Spain, xxi. 8811
of United States, v. 1847, 2024, vi. 2562; ugly features of, 2623; ad- vantage of, vii. 2820; Madison on the adoption of, 3020; reviewed by Gouverneur Morris, 3054; Marshall on, viii. 3222 et seq.; Hamilton on, 3254-63; Pinckney on, 3315; people attached to, 3488; secures liberty, ix. 3616; jubilee of, 3698; not an experiment, 3717; machin
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