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Vesalius (1514-1564): a noted Belgian anatomist. 

 Harvey (1578-1657): an English physiologist and anato- 

 mist. He is noted especially for his discovery of the circula- 

 tion of the blood. 



Schoolmen: a term used to designate the followers of 

 scholasticism, a philosophy of dogmatic religion which as- 

 sumed a certain subject-matter as absolute and unquestion- 

 able. The duty of the Schoolman was to explain church 

 doctrine; these explanations were characterized by fine dis- 

 tinctions and by an absence of real content. See Roger's 

 A Student's History of Philosophy; also Baldwin's Dictionary 

 of Philosophy and Psychology. 



Subtle speculations: Selby gives examples from ques- 

 tions discussed by Thomas Aquinas. Whether all angels 

 belong to the same genus, whether demons are evil by 

 nature, or by will, whether they can change one substance 

 into another, . . . whether an angel can move from one 

 point to another without passing through intermediate 

 space. 



"writ in water": an allusion to Keats' request that the 

 words " Here lies one whose name was writ in water " be 

 his epitaph. The words are inscribed on his tomb in the 

 Protestant Cemetery at Rome. 



Lord Brouncker: The first president of the Royal Society 

 after its incorporation in 1662 was Lord Brouncker. 

 revenant : ghost. 



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Boyle: Robert Boyle (1627-1691): a British chemist and 

 natural philosopher who was noted especially for his discov- 

 ery of Boyle's law of the elasticity of air. 

 Evelyn (1620-1706): an English author and member of 

 the Royal Society. His most important work is the Diary, 

 valuable for the full account which it gives of the manners 

 and customs of the time. 



The Restoration: In English history the reestablishing of 

 the English monarchy with the return of King Charles II in 

 1660 ; by extension the whole reign of Charles II: as, the 

 dramatists of the Restoration. Century Dictionary. 



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Aladdin's lamps : a reference to the story of the Wonder- 

 ful Lamp in the Arabian Nights. The magic lamp brought 

 marvelous good fortune to the poor widow's son who pos- 

 sessed it. Cf. also Lowell's Aladdin : 



When I was a beggarly boy, 



And lived in a cellar damp, 

 I had not a friend or a toy, 

 But I had Aladdin's lamp; 



