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United States. He advocated slavery and the dissolu- 

 tion of the Union. Died. 1850. 



( aliifula (ka-liff'-u-la), the son of Germanicus and 

 Agrippina, was born in A. D. 12. He was named by 

 Tiberius joint heir of the empire. He subsequently be- 

 came sole emperor, and proved a great tyrant. In the 

 course of a career of incestuous debauchery and degrad- 

 ing voluptuousness, he conceived such a hatred to his 

 subjects, that he openly expressed a wish that the Roman 

 people had but a single neck, in order that he mfeht 

 ite them at a blow. He was murdered in 41. 



Cal\in. John, born in Noyon in 1509; educated at 

 the colleges of I .a Man-he and Montaigu, Paris, held 

 some livings, but preferring the legal profession did not 

 proceed to priest's orders. While studying law at 

 Bourges he learned Greek, and on reading the New 

 Testament became a Protestant. He removed to Paris, 

 and wrote a commentary on Seneca's "De dementia." 

 but. forced by persecution to leave Fran e, took refuge 

 in Basle. In 1036 appeared his "Institutions of the 

 i Religion." In conjunction with Farel he 

 attempted to establish a kind of theocracy at Geneva, 

 but they were expelled by the council in lf38, and 

 retired to Zurich. Passing on to Strasburg. Calvin 

 became pastor to the French refugees, married, and 

 published his "Romans." In 1.V41, Calvin was invited 

 Geneva. 1 he theocratic government was re- 

 sumed, and here he labored till his death. Calvin did 

 more than any other man towards formulating thr 

 doctrines of the Reformed Church. The opinions on 

 predestination and election called "Calvinistic," are 

 rather those of his disciples than his own. Died, I.M.I. 



( ambaceres (Aram-M-aare'-ez), Jean Jacques, Duke 

 of Par ma. was born in Montpelier in 1753. He \\.-i- 

 brought up to the legal profession, and became presi- 

 dent ot the French Convention in 1792. He voted for 

 pronouncing I.ouis XVI. guilty, but denied the right of 

 the Convention to proceed to the last extremity, and 

 wished that the unfortunate monarch might be detained 

 in prison, and only put to death in case of invasion. 

 He was afterwards president of the Committee of Public 

 and of the Council of Five Hundred. \Vhen 

 Napoleon Bonaparte was named first, Cambaecres was 

 made second consul. During the hundred days after 

 Bonaparte's return, he was president of the Chamber 

 of Peers. He left France when the Bourbons were a 

 second time restored, but was permitted to return. 



( ambyses (kam-by'-seez), the son of Cyrus, King of 



^ians, succeeded his father in 529 B. C. He 



BOMraered Cyprus and Egypt. At Memphis, he caused 



the bull Aphis to be slaughtered by his priests, and 



leaving Egvpt to return to Persia, he died at Echatana 



ind he had received from his own sword when 



mounting his horse, in 522 B. C. 



Camoens, Lulz de (k&m'o-tnr). the greatest of Por- 

 tuguese poets, was born about 1524. After serving in 

 an expedition against the Moors, in which he lost his 

 , he sailed for India. 1. ">:..{. where lie wrote the 

 "Lusiad" the great poem on which his fame rests. On 

 lc. he suffered shipwreck, and lost 



all his property excepting the manuscript of his epic. 

 Died at Lisbon, in a hospital. 1 .">*.<. 



( .1 m phell. \le\aiider. founder of the sect known 

 I >les of Christ"; born war Ballvmena, in 

 '.rind. September 12, 17SS. " 1 



grated to the United States in iso7. Though at first a 

 Presbyterian, in 1S12 he fon I a connection with tin- 

 Baptists, and for some time he labored as an itinerant 

 preacher. In 1826 he published a translation of the 

 New Testament, in which the words "baptism" ju,,) 

 ! " gave place to "immersion " and " iminerscr." 

 ion- on public platform-, and his serial 

 publication-, as well as his assiduity in preaching tours 

 and training young men for the ministry, Campbell 

 gradually formed a large party of follower*. w t 

 about : .!er the 



deaignaf In IMI. 



Campbell found. -I in \\cst \ 



< amp I" II. Thorn.!-. El ' . born in 1777. 



lv on hi-* ; 



and "Gertrude of \N\"mmg." As national 



songs he has never been Hurpafwd. Died, IR44. 



( .iniphell-H.iriii lit. Hon. ,i- II. n i \ . 



<! at Glasgow University and I- 

 Cambridge . ! :. 



secretary in : 1 7 t an<i 



admiralty, issj si 



, for war. 1 ss.l .-,,,,1 1V>2 " 



the Liberal Opposition in succession to Sir William 



Harcourt. February, 1899. Notwithstanding the differ- 

 ences between Liberal Imperialists and other Liberals 

 over the Boer War, a unanimous vote of confidence in 

 his leadership was carried at a meeting of the Liberal 

 party held at the Reform Club, July, 1901. Again 

 received the solid support of the Liberal party in the 



{ House in 1903, 1904, and 1905. On the resignation of 

 the Half our administration in December, 1905, he was 

 summoned by the king and formed a Liberal Cabinet 

 himself becoming first lord of the treasury and prime 

 minister; the general election which followed gave him 



i a tremendous majority. 



Canning, George (Avln'nJru/). an English statesman 

 and orator, born in London, 1770. He commenced his 

 career at the bar, but being brought into the House of 

 Commons by Mr. Pitt, he abandoned the law for politics. 

 In Mr. Percival's administration, Canning became secre- 

 tary of state for Foreign Affairs, and largely contributed 

 in that capacity to the overthrow of the plans of Napo- 

 leon. In 1816, he was appointed president of the Board 

 of Control of Indian Affairs, and, in 1S22. foreign secre- 

 tary for the second time. On the death of Earl of 

 Liverpool, Canning became first minister of the Crown, 

 and distinguished his government by the liberal tend- 



i encies of his home and foreign policy. Died, 1827. 



Cannon, Joseph G., congressman, lawyer; born in 

 C.uilford, N. C.. May 7, 1836; admitted to Illinois bar; 

 State's attorney, Vermillion County. 111., 1861-68; 

 member of Congress, 1873-91. and again in 1893-1903. 

 12th Illinois district, and 1903-07, 18th district; cha.r- 

 man of Committee on Appropriations. 55th, 56th, and 

 57th Congresses; speaker of 58th, 59th, and 60th Con- 



Canova (kah-no'rah), Antonio, one of the greatest 

 of Italian sculptors, born at Possagno, in Venetia, 1757. 

 Among his more celebrated works are the " Venus and 

 Adonis," "Cupid and Psyche," ".Mary Magdalen. 

 I The ruling characteristic of his style is sentiment 

 sometimes, indeed, bordering on sentimentality. Died. 

 1822. 



Canute the Dane (kA-nut'), or Cnut, called the 

 Great, son of Swevn, King of Denmark, was born in 

 994. He invaded England, and after a success or two 

 was elected king by his fleet ; the chum was repudiated 

 by the Saxons, and he had to flee. Returned in 1015. 

 and next year. 



Capet, Hugh (k&'pd), founder of the third, or Cape- 

 tian dynasty of French monarchs. as Count of Paris, on 

 the death of Louis V., last of the Carlovingians. usurped 

 the throne, in possession of which he was confirmed by 

 a confederacy of nobles. The race of Capet has given 

 118 sovereigns to Europe, thirty-six kings to 

 twenty-two to Portugal, five to Spam, eleven to Naples 

 and Sicily, three to Hungary, and three 

 three emperors to the East; seventeen dukes to Mur- 

 gundy, thirteen to Britany, two to Lorraine, and four 

 to Parma. Died about A. D. 996. 



apo-D'Istrla (kfi-po-din'-trr-ti), John. < omit of. 

 reek, who gained distinction as a diplomatist, born 

 at Corfu in 1780. His father was a j.hysieian. and be- 

 came governor of the seven Ionian islands when they 

 were occupied by Ku-sia. John, who had studied 

 entered the ser\ i; and 



in consideration of his meritorious lal 

 Emperor Alexander made him minister for foreign 

 affairs. In 1828, he was made president of the new 

 Greek Government, where he fell by the hand of an 

 assassin m If 



Cararalla, a Roman emperor, son of Septimiu* 

 Severus. born in Lyons; his reign was a 



series OI crimes, follies, ami extravagance*; he put to 

 death 20,<MMi persons, among others the iun*t Papinianufl. 

 and was assassinated himself b\ one of his guard*. 



Carey. Henry < h.ui. - n |>M- 



ical economist, bm in Philadelphia. 17<H. became prin- 



tner in the great publishing firm of < 

 Lea, in v 1 \\a* the first to cwtabliiih 



tem of bookseller's trade sales. U,* publi)n 

 are voluminous, and well known in their rel.v 

 trade, finance, and political pconom\. Died. October 



ilm Trillin. la \'-t bon 

 County. Kentucky. September u school 



'.nutted to ! 



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delegate at I >nal Dem 



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1 low tariff advocate; United States senator 



: Democrat; affiliated wn ; 

 Democrats, 1896; since 1897. in law 



