and arbitrary power, vi. 2318; in India, 2339; invoked to shield rob- bery, ix. 3526; criminal, not founded in a principle of ven- geance, xi. 4754; Cousin on, xii. 5012; respect for, xiv. 5784; re- form of, xv. 6121; defined, 6122; in Ireland, 6537; of representa- tion violated, xvii. 7480; John Mitchel on, xviii. 7595; the perfec- tion of reason, xxi. 9203; disesteem of the (A. M. Sullivan), xxii. 9233; books on Canadian, 9562; inde- pendent of "abroad," xxiii. 9842; natural, xxiv. 10132; not respected in Ireland, 10249; sympathetic ob- servance of, xxv. 10583 Laws, excellence of, i. 58, 221; re- form of, iv. 1486; equal and gen- erous, vii. 2666; conflict of, xvi. 6952; unfair, should be abrogated, xix. 8203; of mining, 8204; pur- pose of, xxii. 9481
Lawrence (Kansas), struggle of, with slavery, xvii. 7007 Lazarus, depicted, xxi. 9097 Leaders necessary, xiv. 5888 Leaf, Walter, translator of Homer, i. 13 Leagues, viii. 3331. See also Amphic- tyonic, Land, etc. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, quoted, xxv. 10917
Lecompton Constitution, xvi. 6565; opposed by Douglas, xvii. 7331; fastened on Kansas, 7584 Lee, Richard Henry, life of, vi. 2493; "To the Inhabitants of Great Brit- ain," 2493-2504
General Henry, life of, viii. 3242; eulogy on Washington, 3243-
Leeds, the banker of, xvi. 6892 Legal profession, habits of the, xiv. 5867
Leicester, Joseph, speech of, quoted, xxii. 9378
Lennox, Sarah, and George III., xvii. 7171
Lentulus, cowardice of, ii. 672
Leo the Great, life of, iii. 1209; "On the Beatitudes, 1209-16; contro- versy with Saint Hilary, 1217 Leochares, defendant in civil suit, i.
186, 187, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196 Leocrates, oration against, i. 201-13 Leon defended by Socrates, i. 89 Leonidas, vii. 2992, viii. 3302 Lepeletier de Saint Fargeon, assassi- nation of, viii. 3352
Lepidus, Marcus, iii. 1010, 1048 Lepine, Ambroise, defended by Chap- leau, xxiv. 10379
Lessing, cited, xii. 5005, 5009 Lethe wharf, xx. 8733 Leuctra, battle of, ii. 624
Levett, Johnson's verses on, quoted, xvii. 7168
Leviathan of the deep, ix. 3925 Lexington (Kentucky), xii. 5137; the men of, xx. 8680
Libel, law of, defined by Mackintosh, ix. 3595, 3602; on the king, 3605
suits: Erskine for Stockdale, vii. 2718; Curran for Rowan, 2974; decided by Westminster Hall, 2980; Cobbett, ix. 3521; Peltier, 3585; against Marie Antoinette, 3589; on Cromwell, 3610; Hetherington, xii. 5216; Maxon, 5216 Liberal-Conservatives, xxii. 9207 Liberalism, Bismarck against, xviii. 7543; ascendant, xx. 8534; in- crease of, in Scotland, xxii. 9266 Liberal Party (in Canada), trust- worthy, xxiii. 9884
Union, government of the, xxi.
8971 "Liberator," the history of, xv. 6166; founding of the, xvi. 6961
Liberia, xiii. 5345, 5607; for freed slaves, xvi. 6589
Liberties of Europe, wars for, xvi. 6881
Liberty, the greatest of all memorials, i. 174; betrayed, 413; vs. slavery, iii. 994; or death, 1017, vi. 2595; value of, iv. 1386; John Winthrop on, 1440; glory of, v. 1820; of speech, 1909; foundation of every-
thing, vi. 2618; inalienable, vii. 2649, 2676; right of all men, 2676; transmitted, 2772; foundation of English Constitution, 2803; Fox opposed to, 2826; characterized by Erskine, 2958; assured by the sacred soil of England, 2996; zeal for, viii. 3255; Danton on, 3340; defined by Samuel Dexter, 3495; travestied by slavery, ix. 3547; abused, 3607; secured by Federal Constitution, 3616; defined by Jo- siah Quincy, 3899; in conflict with power, x. 4273; carried to absurd- ity, xi. 4500; based on a political measure, 4543; genius of, 4712; of Athens, 4716; compatible with order, xii. 4830; Guizot's hypoth- esis on, 4869; fifty years of, in France, 4925; a curse to negroes, 4986; treated of by Cousin, 5010; true, defined by Cousin, 5019; trai- tors to, 5022; no fanaticism in, 5023; the Cause of the North, 5027; history of (oration by Ed- ward Everett), 5080; upheld in Hungary, 5202; strongest of pas- sions, xiii. 5331; spirit of, 5340; and Kossuth, 5351; in Europe, 5399; master passion, 5598; with union, xiv. 5756; a principle, 5810; a holy work, 5855; the martyrs of, in Italy, xv. 6113; in the wilder- ness, 6310; and empire, 6374; de- fended by Montalembert, xvi. 6729; fruits of, 6919; required for prosper- ity, xvii. 7257; the flag dedicated to, 7312; sacred, xviii. 7598; civil and political, 7758; constitutional, xix. 7883; American, 8022; devel- opment of, 8023; personified, 8043; in Italy, 8101; outraged by Presi- dent Lincoln, 8147; rise of consti- tutional (Storrs), 8257; Old South Meeting House dedicated to, xx. 8378; crimes against, 8521; war in behalf of, 8544; of thought, de- fended by the scholar, 8658; the object of human government, 8662; the birthright of humanity, xxi. 8799; of the citizen, 8847; a home- less wanderer, 8938; and mon- archy, 8960; downfall of legal, 8997; derived from England, 9036; religious, 9045; human spirit de-
voted to, xxii. 9511; Chauncey M. Depew on, xxiii. 9688; true (Brooks' sermon), 9945; defined, xxiv. 10197; ideas of (in 1770), 10269; spirit of, xxv. 10591; love of, implanted by God, 10962; civ- ilized, its misson, 11005 Libraries, xiii. 5535; in Europe, 5449; travelling, xxv. 10818
Library, mercantile, xii. 5211; in every town, xiii. 5308; Boston's Free, xxv. 10817
Liddon, Henry Parry, life of, xxi.
9096; "The Inadequacy of Present Opportunities," 9097-9115
Lieber, Francis, cited (on war), xvii.
7026; and the new code, xxii. 9490 Lieven, Count, quoted, ix. 3910 Life, compared to an ocean, viii. 3153; sanctity of, xiv. 5788, xvi. 6655; defined by Ingersoll, xxii. 9585; a great gift, xxiii. 9747
Ligarius, Cicero in defence of, iii. 892-911
Light, creation of, iii. 1139 Lilburne, John, libels Cromwell, ix. 3610
Lincoln, Abraham, life of, xvi. 6561; on his nomination to the United States Senate, 6569-72; first inau- gural, 6572-82; at Gettysburg, 6583; second inaugural, 6584-86; reply to Stephen A. Douglas, 6586- 6611; farewell address, 6611; speech at Cooper Institute, 6611- 36; message of, criticised, xiii. 5436; defended by B. F. Wade, 5591; anecdote of, xv. 6166; and the Sedition Bill, xvi. 6809; effects of the death of (Beecher), xvii. 7274; forms Abolition Party, 7403; catechised by Douglas, 7406; prow- ess of, 7407; quoted, 7410, xix. 7927, xxii. 9525, xxiii. 9915, 9923; Frederick Douglass' tribute to, xviii. 7676; monument to, 7676; a son of toil, 7688; J. G. Holland's eulogy on, xix. 8071; and outrages or liberty, 8147; eulogized by Luiz da Silva, 8248; and Jesus com- pared, xxi. 8777; and Cromwell, 8884; Dougherty on, 8949; com- pared to Ghenghis Khan, 9016; and his emancipation proclamation, 9136; the martyr President, xxii.
9407; disciple of Grotius, 9490; and Grant, xxiii. 9706; funeral sermon on (Brooks), 9905; assas- sination of, xxiv. 10456; praised, XXV. 10727
Liquor, bad effects of, vii. 3044 Literature, civilization of, v. 2044; as
means of support, ix. 3588; American, 3751, xix. 8294; influ- ence of, on Adams and Jefferson, xi. 4419; progress in, 4732; origin of, xii. 5120; of England (Macaulay's address), xiii. 5535; tribute to (Sumner's), xvii. 7023; French, characterized, xx. 8364; Canadian (Dawson), xxii. 9539; and science, antagonism between, denied, xxiii. 9652; early Canadian (Sir John Bourinot on), 10068; of the Victo- rian age, xxiv. 10449; trusteeship of (Iles), xxv. 10817; transformed, 11017; French, 11019 Littlefield, Charles E., life of xxv. 10755; "The Pearl of the Antilles,' 10755-79
Liverpool, Beecher's address at, xvii. 7254
Livingston, Edward, life of, ix. 3552; "On the Alien Bill," 3552-66
Robert R., life of, vii. 2815; oration before the Cincinnati, 2815- 25
Livingstone, David, humble origin of, xix. 8058; character of, xxv. 10784
Livy, cited, xvii. 7100
Loan, Canadian, xviii. 7839
Locke, John, exiled, xii. 5128; quot- ed, vii. 2749, xx. 8587; on pure language, xxiii. 9653
Lodge, Henry Cabot, life of, xxv. 10688; "Daniel Webster," 10688- 708; at Republican Convention, 10709-23
6139; on a Sunday, xx. 8331; Con- servatives in, xxii. 9267; described, XXV. 11021
Long, John Davis, life of, xxiv. 10215; eulogy of Wendell Phillips, 10216- 21; "Problems of the Future," 10221-28; at presentation of the Dewey sword, 10228-33; pro- nounced trustworthy, 10439 Longborough, Lord, quoted, viii. 3473 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, quot- ed, xiii. 5626, xvii. 7083, xx. 8678, 8746 Longstreet, James, in favor of negro suffrage, xx. 8421
Lost Arts (Phillips), xvi. 6913 Lotteries, injurious effect of, v. 1779,
Louis IX., King of France, charac- terized by Sumner, xvii. 7046
XIV., King of France, iv. 1558, 1611, 1629, 1636, 1655, 1700, vii. 2839; quoted by Webster, xi. 4375; instanced by Everett, xii. 5177; aggressive policy of, xv. 6375; and his cannon, xxi. 9039; quoted, xxiv. 10198
XVI., King of France, vii. 2830, viii. 3284 et seq., 3306, 3394, 3466, ix. 3735; and the rack, xiv. 5790; quoted, xvi. 6661, xxiii. 9698
XVIII., King of France, threat of return of, vii. 2881
Philippe, and Châteaubriand, ix. 3729; called a usurper, x. 4017; and Guizot, xii. 4866; overthrow of, xiii. 5394; and the death pen- alty, xiv. 5785; honored, xvii. 7111
Napoleon. See Napoleon Louisiana, Territory, viii. 3328; ad- mission of, ix. 3879; organized, x. 4106; Webster on, xi. 4635; Ever. ett on, xii. 5157; Jackson and, xiii. 5660; and slavery, xiv. 5721; gov- ernment of, xv. 6323; organization of, xvi. 6616; Purchase, xvii. 7358, xviii. 7572, xxiv. 10172; bought, xviii. 7698; out of the Union, 7853; self-government in (Logan), xxi. 8840, xxii. 9341
Love, the power of, i. 215; Christian,
iii. 1279, 1284, iv. 1409, 1707; of country, xiii. 5513; of God for in- dividual souls (Pusey's sermon), 5614; principle of life, xv. 6117;
superior to force, xvii. 7104; of human species, a vague kind of virtue, 7137; creation of, by war, xix. 8146; Emerson's essay on, quoted, xx. 8329; "The Greatest Thing in the World," xxv. 10781; spectrum of, 10785
Lovejoy, Elijah Parish, cited, 6587; murder of, xvi. 6949; Wendell Phillips on, 6949; death of, xx. 8705
Lovell, James, quoted, xxiii. 9851 Lowell, James Russell, life of, xix.
7978; at Harvard University, 7978- 97; "A Plea for Modern Lan- guages," 7998-8021; quoted, xvi. 6930, xvii. 7008, xviii. 7803, xix. 8309, xx. 8324, 8579, xxii. 9537, xxiii. 10069, xxiv. 10293, 10415, xxv. 10561, 10934
Loyalists, United Empire, xxii. 9542; Denison on, xxiv. 10264 Loyalty, the virtue of, xiv. 5898; of
B. F. Butler, xviii. 7877; test of, xix. 7902; Irish, to America, xx. 8474; of Canada, xxiv. 10459; negro, xxv. 10856
Lubbock, Sir John, life of, xxiii. 9746; "The Duty of Happiness, 9747-61; "The Choice of Books, 9761-72; ""The Blessing of Friends," 9773-79 Lubricity, the great goddess, xx. 8361
Lucan, quoted, xxiv. 10302 Lucerne, Lion of, xix. 8127 Lucretius, quoted, xv. 6283 Luddite riots, xxv. 10607
Luitprand, King of Lombardy, quoted, xvii. 7044
Lumber, American, v. 2027 Luther, iii. 1273; life of, 1292; to the Diet at Worms, 1293-98; "On Peter's Denial of Christ," 1298- 1308; and Zwingli, 1309; and Me- lanchthon, iv. 1324; Melanchthon's funeral oration, 1332; quoted, 1697, XX. 8638; cited, xvi. 6960, 6964; and Phillips, xx. 8712; Castelar on, xxii. 9484; on education, cited, xxiii. 9653; on Paradise, quoted, 9760
Luxury, taxation of, v. 1770; the evil consequences of, 1922, vii. 2686 Lycurgus, life of, i. 201; against
Leocrates, 201-13; and oracles, viii. 3301
Lyndhurst, Lord (John Singleton Cop- ley), life of, ix. 3901; on the war with Russia, 3901-19
Lyons, Sir Edmund, xii. 4827; cited, xiv. 5873; interferes in American politics, xviii. 7876
Lyre, invention of the, xix. 7971 Lysias, life of, i. 115; oration against Eratosthenes, 115-36; compared with Isæus, 186 Lytton, describes Sheridan's speech, xxii. 9312; on Burke, 9316
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Baron, xiii. 5516; life of, 5534; "The Lit erature of England, 5534-44; "Parliamentary Reform," 5545-63; "Jewish Liabilities," 5564-77; Cic- ero, and Octavius, 5517; cited, xv. 6492, XXV. 10923; quoted, xx. 8763; as an orator, xxii. 9326, xxv. 10699
Macbeth, Lady, a type, xxiv. 10154 McCall, Samuel Walker, life of, xxv. 10736; "The Porto Rico Tariff," 10736-54 McCarthy, D'Alton, cited, xxiv. 10537
Justin, life of, xxii. 9369; in de- fence of his colleagues, 9369-83 Macchiavelli, xiii. 5506; cited, 5301; quoted, xix. 7995; and Grotius compared, xxii. 9495
McClennan, General, zeal of, for slavery, xviii. 7682 Macdonald, Sir John Alexander, life of, xviii. 7487; "Confederation, 7488-7511; "Canadian Fisheries," 7512-23; and corruption charges,
McDuffie, quoted by Webster, xi. 4467 Macedonia, under Turkish rule, xv. 6392
Macedonians, how disposed to Philip, ii. 452
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy, life of, xxi.
8781; "The Land we Live in," 8782-86; "The Policy of Concilia- tion," 8787-89; on oratory, xxii. 9324
Machinery, effects of, xxv. 10607 Mackay, Captain (W. F. Lomasney),
life of, xxiv. 10420; "Conscious- ness of Innocence," 10420-30 Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, journey of, xxii. 9563; on the death of, xxiv. 10531
Mackerel, xiv. 6103
McKinley, William, life of, xxiv.
10486; "American Patriotism, 10486-93; at dedication of the Grant Monument, 10494 96; "The Nation's Duties and Opportunities, 10497-504; last speech (at Buffalo), 10505-12; Act, repeal of, xx. 8443; Hoar on the re-election of, xxi. 8904; Bill, xxiii. 9985; quoted, XXV. 10624, 10625, (by Bryan) 10938; stand of, 10714; speech sec- onding nomination of (Roosevelt), 10883; compared with Bonaparte, 10942; the Just, 10986; divinely guided, 11004
Mackintosh, Sir James, xiii. 5564; life of, ix. 3585; in behalf of Jean Peltier, 3586-3611
McLane, Louis, quoted, xviii. 7699 McLeod, Malcolm, on Charles Edward
the Pretender, xx. 8606 MacVeagh, Wayne, life of, xxii. 9507; "Ideals in American Politics," 9507-37
Madagascar, trade in, xxv. 10836 Madison James, life of, vii. 3019; "On the Expediency of adopting the Federal Constitution, 3020- 32; Inaugural Address, 3032-36; attacked by Jackson, x. 4044; praised by Webster, xi. 4474; and the tariff law, 4509; quoted, 4610; and the Louisiana Purchase, 4636; on slavery, 4669, xxi. 9063; his "Report, " xii. 4991; cited, xvi. 6652, 6675, xix. 8240; on the spoils system, xx. 8630 Madness, popular, catching, v. 1841, vii. 2740
Magdalen College, King James's at-
tack on, cited by Webster, xi. 4337 Magee, William Connor, life of, xix. 8314; "The Ethics of Forgiveness, 8315-19
Magna Charta, iv. 1520; the Bible of the Constitution, 1518, v. 2037, 2158, vii. 2697; contemned, 2709, 2801, ix. 3701, xi. 4324, xii. 5030; granting of, xix. 8263; erased, xxi.
9009; fruits of, xxiii. 9702; how obtained, 9804
Magnanimity, a guarantee of con- tented submission, xx. 8558; of Sumner, xxi. 8801 Magnetism, xiv. 5864
Mahdi, in arms, xxii. 9286; resent- ment of the, 9296
Mahomed Reza Khân, vi. 2293, 2374, 2417, 2453
Mahomet, vi. 2248, x. 4258; no mir- acle-worker, xiv. 5862; passing away, xvi. 6796
Mails, ubiquitous, xvi. 6577 "Maine, destruction of the, xxi. 8857, xxv. 10623
Maine Liquor Law, tested, xxiii. 10028
Maitland, William, suicide of, xviii, 7826
Majority, and the Remnant, the (Ar- nold on), xx. 8349; bad, 8349; in New York unsound, xx. 8371
will of the, vii. 2731, 2769; first principle of all republican liberty, xi. 4592; no other sovereign will, 4718; submission to, xii. 4959; rule of government, 5170; un-German, xiii. 5286
Majuba Hill, power wasted at, xxii. 9277
Malice toward none (Lincoln), xvi. 6586
Malignity, fastened on Garrison, xvi. 6964
Malmesbury, Lord, quoted, vii. 2829;
dismissed, viii. 3415
Malthus, Thomas R., quoted, xii. 5138 Malt-tax, grievance of, xv. 6353 Mammon, worship of, xiv. 5895 Mammoth and shark, ix. 3927 Man, nature of, xii. 5182; fable of, xiv. 5929; and His Institutions (Beecher), xvii. 7280; and Brutes (Max Muller), xx. 8580 Manchester, xiii. 5553; School, xv. 6382; tragedy of, xxii. 9251 Manifest Destiny, xx. 8550 Manigault, Judith, and her story, xxi. 8889
Manila, v. 1914, 2063; Senator Grow
on, xx. 8541; Dewey at, xxi. 9080; capture of, xxiv. 10229, 10501 Manitoba, grain production in, xv. 6343; Natural History Society of,
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