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root of unity, then a is the amplitude of the product aw. In elliptic integrals, the amplitude is the limit of integration when the integral is laboured to prevent the extreme partisans of papal See also:

INFALLIBILITY (Fr. infaillibilite and infallibilite, the latter now obsolete, Med. Lat. infallibilitas, infallibilis, formed from faller, to make a mistake)

infallibility from having everything their own way. But in his capacity of clear-headed observer, whose business it was to reflect the actual truth upon the mind of his See also:

government, he was obliged to make it quite clear that they had no See also:

CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance whatever, and in conversing with those whose opinions were quite unlike his own, such as See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

MANNING, HENRY EDWARD (1808-1892)

Manning, he seems to have shown that he had no illusions about the result of the See also:

long debate. In 1868 See also:

Odo See also:

Russell married See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Emily See also:

THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa See also:

VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers, the daughter of See also:

Lord See also:

Clarendon. In 187o he was appointed assistant under-secretary at the See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of that See also:

YEAR

year was sent on a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

MISSION

mission to the headquarters of the See also:

German See also:

army, where he remained till 1871. It was in connexion with this mission that an See also:

EPISODE

episode occurred which at the See also:

time threw much discredit upon See also:

Gladstone's government. See also:

Russia had taken See also:

ADVANTAGE

advantage of the collapse of See also:

France and her own cordial relations with See also:

Prussia to denounce the See also:

Black See also:

Sea clauses of the treaty of See also:

Paris of 1856. Russell, in an interview with See also:

Bismarck, pointed out that unless Russia withdrew from an attitude which involved the destruction of a treaty solemnly guaranteed by the See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain would be forced to go to See also:

war " with or without See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies." This strong attitude was effective, and the question was ultimately referred to and settled by the See also:

CONFERENCE

conference which met at See also:

LONDON

London in 1871. Though the result was to See also:

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score a distinct See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic success for the Liberal government, the bellicose method employed wounded Liberal sentiment and threatened to create trouble for the See also:

MINISTRY

ministry in See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament. On the 16th of See also:

FEBRUARY

February 1871, accordingly, Gladstone, in See also:

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to a question, said that " the See also:

ARGUMENT

argument used by Mr Odo Russell was not one which had been directed by her See also:

MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's government," that it was used by him " without any specific instructions or authority from the government," but that, at the same time, no blame was to be attached to him, as it was " perfectly well known that the See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of diplomatic agents requires them to See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express themselves in that mode in which they think they can best support and recommend the propositions of which they wish to procure See also:

ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance." This Gladstonian explanation was widely criticized as an illegitimate attack on Russell. What is certain is that the foreign office and the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country profited by Russell's firmness.

(See See also:

Morley's Gladstone, ii. 534•) A little later in the same year he received the well-deserved See also:

REWARD

reward of his labours by being made See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at See also:

Berlin. During the months he passed at the foreign office he was examined before the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons, already alluded to, and had an opportunity of stating very distinctly in public some of his views with regard to his profession. " If you could only organize See also:

DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy properly," he said, " you would create a body of men who might See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the destinies of mankind and ensure the See also:

peace of the See also:

WORLD

world." In these words we have the See also:

key to the thought and habitual See also:

ACTION

action of one of the best and wisest public servants of the time. Russell remained at Berlin, with only brief intervals of See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, from the 16th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1871 till his See also:

DEATH

death at See also:

POTSDAM

Potsdam on the 25th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1884. He was third plenipotentiary at the Berlin See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress, and is generally credited with having prevented, by his tact and See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense, the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister from making a speech in See also:

French, which he knew very imperfectly and pronounced abominably. In 1874 Odo Russell received a patent of See also:

PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence raising him to the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke's son, and after the congress of Berlin he was offered a See also:

peerage by the Conservative government. This he naturally declined, but accepted the See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour in 1881 when it was offered by the Liberals, taking the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

Baron See also:

Ampthill. He became a privy councillor in 1872 and was made a G.C.B. somewhat later. At the conference about the See also:

Greek frontier, which followed the congress of Berlin, he was the only British representative. During all his long sojourn in the Prussian See also:

capital, he did everything that in him See also:

lay to bring about See also:

close and friendly relations between Great Britain and See also:

Germany. He kept on the best of terms with Bismarck, carefully avoiding everything that could give any cause of offence to that most jealous and most unscrupulous minister, whom he, however, See also:

AMRAOTI, or UMRAWATTEE

AMRAOTI did not hesitate to withstand when his unscrupulousness went the length of deliberately attempting to deceive.

He was succeeded as and baron by his son, See also:

ARTHUR See also:

OLIVER VILLIERS RUSSELL (b. 1869), who rowed in the See also:

Oxford eight (1889, 1890, 1891) and became a prominent Unionist politician. He was private secretary to Mr See also:

Chamberlain, 1895-1897, and See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, 1899-1906. In 1904 he acted temporarily as See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

Viceroy of See also:

India. (M. G.

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