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NKANDKKTHAL 



NEBRASKA 



followed his rxamtdc. II.- now proceeded to Halle, 

 where he studied theology under Schlciernuu'lier, 

 and concluded hu> academic course ill lo.ttingen. 

 In 1SII hi- took up liU residence at EMWMM 

 a* a prim! tlornit ; in Isi-i lie wan appointed 

 then extra ordinary professor of Theology ; and 

 in the following year lie wan called t iln- newly- 

 ~tnl.lish.sl univi-niily of lit-rlin a* iirofessor of 

 I'lnireli lli-t"i\. Here he laltoared till hi death, 

 .Inly 14. 1MB. Student* flocked to him not only 

 from all parli of Cenminy, lint from the most 

 distant Protestant countries. Ami hU sweetness. 

 of character was no lew attractive than liis genius. 

 Profoundly devotional. sym|>athetic, glad- hearted, 

 profanely "benevolent, and without a shadow of 

 selfishness, he inspired universal reverence, and 

 was hinisclt by MM simplicity and sanctity of 

 hiii life a more powerful argument on liehaif of 

 Christianity than i-vi-n his writings. Hi- used to 

 give tlie poorer students free admission to his 

 lecture*, and to supply them with clothes and 

 iiioni-y. The greater |H>rtin of what he made by 

 hi* liooka he bestowed upon mis-ionar\ . Bible, 

 and other societies, and ii|>on hospitals. 



Neander is believed to have com ribut<>d more than 

 any other single Christian scholar to tlie overthrow, 

 on the one nidi-, of tlmt anti historical Rationalism, 

 and on the other of that dead Lutheran formalism, 

 from hoth of which the religions life of Germany 

 liad -o lon>; -iiU'eii-il. To the <!i-!ineatinn of the 

 development of historical Christianity he I nought 

 a generous and sympathetic, yet broad ami im- 

 partial intelh-ct. To him Christianity was a per- 

 meating force more than a series of dogmas, and the 

 history of the church wax throughout but the his- 

 torv of the divine life of ChriHt |>crvading humanity, 

 to be understood only in pro|Hirtion to the student's 

 jM-rsonal ex|terienei- of the significance of the life of 

 Christ. This i- the meaning of Xeander's famous 

 Hphoii-m ' I'ertnsest ijilod faeit theologum." The 

 molt striking clmracteri-tir of his great work is its 

 ol.ji-ctivity in the |M>rtniyal of pci-on- and the 

 movement of events; its greatest merit is the 

 admiiahle UograpbicM skill with which the (inures 

 are maile to pass l>efore the reader ; its one defect, 

 the weakness with which the outstanding separate 

 figures nre fitted into their relation to the general 

 movement of the history. 



\. und.-r'n worku, in tin- onler of time, are monographs 

 nn Julian ami In- ttm.-- MSI-J i. st Ik-rnard ( Isl.'Ji, the 

 Onmtio* (IHlHi, St ChryHmituiii (\*'fl)\ H'liimUrdifi- 

 k'ltni atu drr OttehirhU dm Chrittenthunu and drt 

 CkrittliduH I*tnu ; ls|.-,-|fi| ; Anti : r>u*titu* 



(1836); the great All'irmrint Ur*-hirhtr ilrr I'/irutlidlen 

 Ktlvjion un-l Kirrhr (ft Y<.|. ]s-.:,-.V.' i ; <!rrh,rhU drr 

 Pfiaiamg und l*<lun<i drr Kircht durrh dit Apotttl (2 

 vi.U 1833. 4th c<L \M1 1 ; l>at I*tjenJrm Chri,ti, written 

 M a reply to .stnnm'i work (1837; 5th ed. 1S.VM; 

 H'imfturkaftlifkr AUiamllnw/.n ( 151 ) ; (ittfhii-ht: ,1, r 

 ken Doffmrn (1806). Most of thex- worki are 

 eoMMiblo in good Knglih tranUti.m. Sei. the tu.lies 

 I.T HagmbMh ( 1861 ). Otto Kraalx' ( IS.VJ), J. L. Jaoobi 

 (!), ami A.I. I.- it WeiRand, the lart with good bibUo- 

 grapby appen>lc<l ( 1>W). 



><-nn<lrrllial. n wildly romantic valley be- 

 tween lliiK-u-ldort mid Kllietfeld ill lihenish Pmmia, 

 In a linn-stone rave in i IMS valley WOK found in 

 IH.'i7 the skeleton of a mi-historic man, and the 

 |x-cnlmr formation of tin- skull induced se\ei.il 

 np'h.i oloj;iyi to reganl it a> typical of a wparate 

 t ancient eave-dwellen. Other authorities 

 explain the ahnormalitv in- causal by disease during 

 the lif.-time of the in.liviilnal. 



iil>-f Ide*. 8ec TIDES. 



rrlllli. an ..Ili.-er of Alexander the fireat, 

 wail a native ..t i :.*.-. who willed in Ampliijioli.H 

 duriiiK the rei^n of I'hilip, and IKM-KIIIC the rom- 

 panion and friend of the VOIIIIK prince Alexander. 



In 330 he was governor of I.ycia and other pro- 

 vinces in Asia Minor. In 329 B.c. he joined Alex- 

 ander in Bactria with a body of Greek mercenaries, 

 and took part in the Indian campaigns. Ha\ing 

 built a fleet on the HydMpes, Alexander x;\\>- 

 Nearchtis the command of it Me left the Indus 

 towards the end of Novcmlier 3'2. r >, and, skirting 

 ciaxt all the way, arrived at Susa, in Persia, 

 in February 324. His own narrative of his voyage 

 has ln-en preserved in the Im/u-u of Arrinn, the 

 liest edit ion of which is printed in C. Miiller'a 

 Geoyraphi Grctci Minora ( Paris, 1855). 

 Xearotic. See GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIIH IK IN. 



Nralll. a parliamentary ami municipal borough 

 and river port of Glamorgan, South \Vales. on a 

 navigable river of the same name, 8 miles ENE. of 

 Swansea by rail. It is lielieved to stand on the 

 >it<- of the Konian station AiWurn; and near it are 

 the remains of an ancient castle, burned in I'J.'tl. 

 and ruin- of Neath Abliev, described by Lelan 

 'the fairest abbey in all Wales,' but now sadly 

 decayed and begrimed by smoke and coal du-i. 

 There are at Neath, which is one of the Swansea 

 boroughs, extensive copper and tin-plate works and 

 iron-foundries, and chemicals are manufactured. 

 The engineering winks are also important. Top. 

 (1851)5831; (1881) 10,447; (1891) 11,157. 



Xoat's-foot Oil is, as the name implies, nn oil 

 obtained from the feet of the common ox, either by 

 splitting them up and boiling them over 1111 open 

 fire, or by treating them with superheated steam i.: 

 a closed cylinder. See OILS. 



Nebraska, a central state of the American 



I'liion. an. I tin- cl<-\.-nth in area, lies between 40* 

 and t:< X. lat,, and in !>.V 23' 

 lot \V. long., and is IK HI ml e, I 



I>V South Ihikotii, Iowa i.sepa- 



'. i i . .1 1: ill t 



|-n,,rribl tWI, 18*7, u< 

 IM In U U. 8. bjr J. B. 

 LIpplDoou Compuij. 



rated by the Mis-ouri Hiver), Kansas, Colorado, 

 and Wyoming. Area, 76,855 ij. in., of which 

 one -fifth" is in imjiroved farms. The surface is 

 ehielly iin elevated, undulating prairie; it is very- 

 level in the eastern an I southern (Mirtiuns. but in 

 tlie north an. I west tli l!:id Lands' eMcnd into 

 the state, while to the north of the Xiobrarah 

 Hiver there are great sandhills. OOmpOMd of 

 |K'bbles, grave], and s.in.l. covenil for the most 

 part with a sparse vegetation. The average eleva- 

 tion of the state rls.-- Iriiiu alxillt 1'JIMt feet, ill till! 

 east t<> (KNKi feet toward* the western l>order. The 

 princi|ijil rivers ar the I'latte. Xiobrarab. and 

 Hepublican, all Honing east The atmosphere is 

 dry and invigorating, and. though great extremes 

 of heat and cold are sometime* e\|>ericncud, they 

 are not usual. There are few swamps ami marshes. 

 The total rainfall in ISS!) was '21 -S3 inches, tin- 

 mean tem|M-rature ."il _'."i i range, from '.II alxive to 

 17 IK-IOW /ero I. Itnllalo and anteloin? are still, 



though Beldom. seen ; but tl oyote. large timlM-r 



wolf, fox, skunk, rabbits. >Vc. alxiund. 



The soil of Nebraska, except in the Had Lands 

 lhil!-. i- mostly a rich black mould, _' to s 

 feet in depth. The staple crop is mai/e. of which 

 enormous i|iiantities are grown. Tobaooo and the 

 sugar-l-et iil-o are cultivated successfully; of the 

 latter the lii-t very large croj> was raisiil in IslKI. 

 but now there are a numlx-rol factories establishiil 

 for the- manufacture of IMH-I -sugar : other ini|Nirtant 

 crop- are luitt., wheat, rye, liarley. flax, |HitrtU>es, 

 anil buckwheat. In the western part nl the -late 

 the droughts are hurtful; there flowing wells are 

 rare, and irrigation is dcd. Forests are no- 

 where found, and tree plant ing has In-en e\len-ively 

 piaeti-ed of late. The uncultivated lands yield 

 great iiinint iti.-s of hny, and Nebraska holds a 

 gMid place, among the stock-raising states ; sheep, 

 borses, and mules are raised, cattle in the we-tern 



