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HEMIPTERA 



intelligences are born equal, differ- 

 ences being the result of educa- 

 tion. Man is a hedonistic creature, 

 whose only object is to secure plea- 

 sure and avoid pain ; personal 

 interest is the motive of all his 

 actions. Virtue and vice are rela- 

 tive terms ; really virtuous actions 

 are such as promote the general 

 welfare. Pron. El-vay-si-uce. 



Hely-Hutchinson, JOHN (1724- 

 94). Irish politician. The son of 

 Francis Hely, a landowner in Cork, 

 he was educated at Trinity College, 

 Dublin, and became a barrister. 

 In 1751 he married an heiress, and 

 took the additional name of Hut- 

 chinson. In 1759 he entered the 

 Irish House of Commons as M.P. 

 for Lanes borough, and retained a 

 seat there as representative of three 

 successive constituencies until his 

 death. The gift that had brought 

 him success as an advocate dis- 

 tinguished him in the political 

 arena, and in 1777 he was made a 

 secretary of state. He was also 

 provost of Trinity College, Dublin. 

 He died Sept. 4, 1794. 



Although rapacious for office and 

 emoluments, Hely-Hutchinson was 

 liberal enough to advocate relief to 

 Roman Catholics, including their 

 admission to Trinity College, par- 

 liamentary reform, and free trade ; 

 a policy he preached in his Com- 

 mercial Restraints of Ireland. In 

 1795 his widow was created Baroness 

 Donoughmore, and the present earl 

 of Donoughmore is his descendant. 



Hemans, FELICIA DOROTHEA 

 (1793-1835). English poet. Born 

 at Liverpool, Sept. 25, 1793, she 

 was the daugh- 

 ter of George 

 Browne, a 

 merchant i n 

 that city. In 

 1812 she mar- 

 r i e d Captain 

 Alfred Hem- 

 ans, but they 

 separated four 

 years later. 

 As a child 

 Mrs. He- 

 mans had W*r *.*.* 

 shown much precocity, and a vol- 

 ume of her poems was published 

 when she was 14. Her chief works 

 are The Siege of Valencia, 1823, an 

 unacted play ; Lays of Many Lands, 

 1825; The Forest Sanctuary, 

 1825 ; her own favourite Songs of 

 the Affections, 1830; Hymns for 

 Childhood, 1834. 



Though without depth, her 

 poems are full of grace, and per- 

 meated with a love for the noble 

 and chivalrous. In her own life- 

 time they enjoyed great vogue, 

 both in Britain and in America, 

 but only one or two of her lyrics, 

 such as The Better Land and The 



Homes of England, have stood the 

 test of time. Mrs. Hemans died in 

 Dublin, May 16, 1835. A complete 

 edition of her works with a mem- 

 oir by her sister was issued in 1839. 

 Kernel Hempstead. Mun. bor., 

 parish, and mkt. town of Hertford- 

 shire, England. The old town, 

 which derives its name from adja- 

 cent hemp land, is on the river 

 Gade, 24 m. N.W. of London, and 

 near the Grand Junction Canal, 

 with a station on the M.R. branch 

 line from Harpenden. In the High 

 Street are fine ^^ 

 houses and some 

 old inns, with Gade- : 

 bridge Park on the 

 W. The name is 

 a'l s o given to a 

 rural district, which ff 

 includes Marlowes 

 and Heath Park, 

 and stretches H m. 

 to Boxmoor, Two 

 Waters, and Apsley 

 End. 



A service of motor 

 'buses connects the 

 district with Box- 

 mo o r station on 

 the L. & N.W.R. 

 Above Boxmoor, 

 which is in the 

 parish, and where a Roman villa 

 has been brought to light, is a 

 growing residential area, on the 

 Feldon estate, with golf links. The 

 ancient church of S. Mary, partly 

 rebuilt in 1846 and restored in 

 1863, has 14th and 15th century 

 roofing and interesting monuments. 

 The town hall, corn exchange, and 

 literary institute are in one building, 

 1851-68. The Market House was 

 built in 1888. 



The old building known as the 

 Bury once belonged to a mon- 

 astery at Ashridge. The indus- 

 tries include paper-making, apron, 

 blouse, and brush-making, iron- 

 founding, brewing, tanning, and 

 strawplaiting ; there is a trade in 

 timber. Mentioned in Domesday, it 

 gives its name to a co. div. return- 

 ing one member to Parliament. 

 Market day, Thurs. Pop. 13,832. 



Hemi chorda. Term used in 

 zoology for a group of worm-like 

 animals, the principal genus of 

 which is Balanoglossus. The term 

 was used by W. Bates to indicate 

 those particular invertebrates from 

 which vertebrates are supposed to 

 have been derived. They possess 

 certain characters of vertebrates, 

 e.g. breathing organs resembling 

 the gill slits and a modified form of 

 notochord, but the connexion sug- 

 gested between the two groups has 

 yet to be definitely proved. 



Hemimorphite. Important ore 

 of zinc, containing over 50 p.c. of 

 the metal. A hydrous zinc silicate, it 



is remarkable for its form of crystal- 

 lisation and for the electric char- 

 acter of the crystals with variation 

 of temperature, which causes posi- 

 tive electrification at one end of the 

 crystals and negative at the other. 

 The crystals are colourless or 

 slightly yellow, blue, red, brown, or 

 green, and on account of their elec- 

 tric property the ore has been called 

 electric calamine, an ore of zinc 

 with which it is sometimes con- 

 fused. It is found with other zinc 

 ores in Carinthia, Westphalia, near 



Hemei Hempstead, Heruorusmre. 1'tie market place 

 and parish church of S. Mary 



ralenline 



Aix-la-Chapelle, and in parts of 

 England and the U.S.A. See Zinc. 



Heming OR HEMMINGE, JOHN 

 (c. 1556-1630). English actor. 

 Born at Shottery, he became a 

 member of the lord chamberlain's 

 or king's company, and held shares 

 in the Globe and Blackfriars 

 theatres. His work as player cannot 

 be definitely ascertained ; but he 

 seems to have appeared hi King 

 Henry IV, part I, possibly as Fal- 

 staff, and in several plays of Ben 

 Jonson, including Every Man in 

 His Humour, Every Man Out of 

 His Humour, Sejanus, Volpone, 

 and The Alchemist. 



He was associated with Shake- 

 speare, who left him 26s. 8d. for the 

 purchase of a ring. With his fellow- 

 actor Condell, he published hi 1623 

 in a single folio volume the first 

 collected edition of Shakespeare's 

 works. He died at Aldermanbury, 

 Oct. 10, 1630. 



Hemiplegia (Gr. hemi, half; 

 plege, blow, stroke ) . Paralysis of one 

 side of the body, most often due to 

 apoplexy or haemorrhage in the 

 brain. See Paralysis. 



Hemiptera (Gr. hemi, half ; 

 ptera, wings). Name applied to an 

 order of insects otherwise known 

 as Rhynchota or beaked insects. 

 These include the bugs, plant lice, 

 water scorpions, lice, and others. 

 They vary greatly in size and form, 

 some being -very beautiful and 

 others the reverse. In all of them 

 the mouth parts are modified to 



