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of the curves formed by the intersection of a plane with a right 

 circular cone. 



46. circumbendibus. Literally, a roundabout way. Here the 

 quotation signifies politely called by another name. 



chignon. The hair of a woman when arranged behind the head 

 and over a cushion. Chignons already arranged are often for sale 

 in shops. 



47. "education." The state of education in England has greatly 

 improved since 1868. Indeed, Huxley was instrumental in bringing 

 about reform. 



48. Euclid, i.e., geometry. Euclid was a famous geometrician of 

 antiquity, and his chief work has been largely used as a text-book 

 in elementary geometry to this day. 



49. collects. Short prayers in the Roman Catholic and Episco 

 palian churches. 



few righteous . . . among the educational cities. When 

 Sodom and Gomorrah were threatened with destruction for their 

 sinfulness, the Lord promised Abraham to spare the cities if ten 

 righteous people were found in them. — Genesis xviii. 



50. the working of one of your own steam-engines. Physics 

 is largely studied in England to-day in both elementary and secondary 

 schools as a result of Huxley's influence. 



51. Croesus. A king of Lydia in 560 B.C. He was enormously 

 wealthy. 



52. philology. The investigation of a language and its literature 

 for the light they cast upon men's character, activity, and history. 



Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 1 776-1831. A German philologist. 

 Gibbon, Edward, 173 7-1 794. A famous English historian who 

 wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 

 Grote, George, 1774-1871. An English historian. 



53. paleontology. Cf. note, p. 13. 

 osteological. Pertaining to the bones. 

 osteo-grammatical. In accordance with the formal principles 



of the science of bones. 



Horace, 65 b.c.-8 b.c. A famous Roman poet. 



form. Class or rank of students in a school, especially in England. 

 The sixth form is the highest class in school, and corresponds to our 

 seniors. 



Terence, 185 b.c.-i59(?) b.c. A famous Roman writer of come- 

 dies. 



54. Parnassus. A range of low mountains in Greece, reputed in 

 ancient days to be the haunt of the gods of music and poetry. In 

 England, students of Latin are required to write original Latin 

 verse. 



