The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, January 1883: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture.; Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific CircleChautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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The Chautauquan, Vol. 03, January 1883: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture.; Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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48. Q. Who now intervenes to avert further bloodshed? A. Athene.
49. Q. In what manner is this accomplished? A. She stays the hand of
Ulysses raised in fell self-defense against the avenging kindred of the
suitors, and enjoins a solid peace between the two parties at feud.
50. Q. In this appearance what familiar form does the goddess Athene
assume? A. That of Mentor, ancient friend of Ulysses.
[_Not Required._]
QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY.
By ALBERT M. MARTIN, GENERAL SECRETARY C. L. S. C.
1. What is the origin of the expression, “Possession is nine points in
the law?” [Page 124, Wilkinson’s Preparatory Greek Course in English.]
2. What was the preying sadness that Cowper sought to escape from by
the work of translating Homer? [Page 130.]
3. Where is the original to be found of the quotation, “From the center
to the utmost pole?” [Page 135.]
4. Who was “Macedonia’s Madman,” and why so called?
5. Give some of the features of the Cathedral of Cologne that render it
famous? [Page 159.]
6. With whom did the expression originate, “Perish the thought?” [Page
163.]
7. In what particulars are the lines of Pope, “false and
contradictory,” in his paraphrase of the moonlight scene, given in the
closing part of the eighth book of the Iliad? [Page 185.]
8. When and on what occasion was Webster’s famous seventh of March
speech delivered? [Page 193.]
9. Why is Athene called the “stern-eyed?” [Page 208.]
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY IN THE NOVEMBER NUMBER OF THE
CHAUTAUQUAN.
_Geology._
1. The glacial streams from ice-caves that are the sources of the
Arveiron and the Rhone rivers are milk-white from the presence of
innumerable molecules of triturated rock which they bear suspended.
This powdered rock is in the form of a very fine, impalpable mud. It
is an unctious, sticky deposit, and only requires pressure to knead it
into a tenacious clay. This mud owes its origin to the grinding power
of the glacier, the stones and sand being crushed and pulverized upon
the rock below.
2. The Grinnell glacier, discovered by Captain Hall, is just north
of and adjacent to Hudson’s Strait, on the extreme southern point of
Baffin’s Land, called Meta Incognita.
3. The Loffoden Islands are famous for the great maelstrom, which is
a narrow passage between two of them. They are also noted for their
fisheries. The evidences of the powerful wearing action of tidal
currents is seen in their extremely rugged and precipitous coasts, and
deep channels. Sharp pointed peaks three to four thousand feet above
the sea, rise nearly perpendicularly out of the water.
4. The volcano of Jorullo is situated one hundred and sixty miles
southeast of the City of Mexico. It is famous for its recent and sudden
upheaval during a single night, in the midst of a fertile and highly
cultivated plain.
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