180 NOTES 



getting up. Studying up, mastering. 



55. These be your gods, O Israel. In efifect, You spurn the 

 true God and worship the false, ye English! 



This is the stone. " Or what man is there of you, whom if his 

 son ask bread, will he give him a stone? " — Matthew vii : 9. 



Rector of Lincoln College. Pattison, Mark, 1813-1884. An 

 English writer, a graduate of Oxford, who became rector of Lincoln 

 College, Oxford, in 1861. 



57. Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. An English philosopher and 

 political economist. 



Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867. An English physicist and chemist. 



Brown, Robert, 1773-1858. An English botanist. 



Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875. A famous British geologist. 



Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882. An English naturalist, and 

 the founder of the Darwinian theory of evolution. His chief work 

 was The Origin of Species. Huxley was the intimate friend and 

 champion of Darwin. 



59. la carriere ouverte aux talents. Freely translated, A career 

 opens up to the man who has talent. 



Bursch. A student of a German university. 



60. Erdkunde. Literally, knowledge of the earth; corresponding 

 to modern physiography. 



ON A PIECE OF CHALK 



62. scarped. Steeply sloping. 



Albion. Literally, "White Land." The name is now used in 

 poetry only. 



63. downs. High rolling regions, not covered by forests; an 

 English term rarely used in this country. 



coombs. Rounded hollows inclosed on all sides but one by 

 steep, sometimes perpendicular, cliffs; also an English term. 



cormorant. A swimming and diving bird that lives usually near 

 the sea and feeds on fish. 



Lebanon. A lofty mountain range in the southern part of Syria, 

 famous for its cedars. 



65. " burn ". Heat to a high temperature. 

 enunciate. Declare deliberately; announce. 



66. laminated. Consisting of layers or scales. 



matrix. The rock in which any accidental fossil is embedded. 

 calcareous. Partaking of the nature of lime; chalky. 



67. organic bodies. Bodies belonging to the animal and vegetable 

 world. 



69. Ehrenberg, Christian G., 1795-1876. A German naturalist. 



