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tion, it being capable of definite ascer- 

 tainment, probably the mother would 



know offhand. G is a man of 



great resource, and on the spur of the 

 moment he suggested, or invented, a 

 nickname that would serve in the dis- 

 cussion as a symbol for the unknown 

 boy. 



Joseph , and his wife Marie, 



may have had such a perplexity in mind 

 when they called their six boys 

 " Joseph," and their six girls " Marie." 

 These were not left to the generic names 

 alone, but were distinguished by further 

 prenomens of a severe classicality ; and 

 this suggests an interesting speculation, 

 which I cannot illuminate, as to the 

 source of the "Telesphores," "Poly- 

 euctes, " " Anastases, " " Poly dores, ' ' 

 "Narcisses," "Epiphanises," to which 

 we find so many bare-footed, ragged- 

 breeched urchins answering. Names 

 piously selected doubtless, and piously 



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