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military establishment like Russia, cannot now be determined; but in the management of an army and of his own conduct on the field of battle, he was beyond criticism. Clad in his snow-white uniform, mounted on his snow-white horse, at the head of his charging squadrons amid the exhilaration and excitement of battle, he became to the superstitious admiration, alike of Russian and Turk, a God, invulnerable and invincible. He was ambitious. He continually posed for the admiration of the world. Under the appearance of an incoherent frankness, he deeply hid and secretly nursed an ambitious egotism and a selfish vanity. When in supreme command he was careful, attentive, and could be conservative, but when surrounded by officers whom he might consider his rivals, he became dangerous and was capable of risking all for the sake of impressing them. His character and ability partook largely of the characteristics of his mother. He will be cited in history as another example of great men who derived their greatness from their mothers.

THOMAS WILSON. ([[underline]]Public Opinion[[/underline)).

[[^7]] [[underline]] Character-building in our Public Schools. [[/underline]] Vol. xvii, No. 37, Thursday, December 13th, 1894, p. 890.

This paper urges the necessity of an education fitted to the station of life of the individual to be educated, and criticises a system by which men are taught a mass of information which will be of no benefit to them when they are grown to manhood. A merely intellectual education, neglecting the moral and ethical qualities of man, instead of decreasing vice and crime, may even prepare the individual for such a life. Children should be educated in the Public Schools in those branches which, when they are grown [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] will come nearest making them good citizens and good men and women.

^[[ [[underline]] Report of the United States Commission to the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid, [[/underline]] 1892-93 (1895). [[strikethrough]] Figs.1-67 [[/strikethrough]] ]] [[hand notation indicates that this paragraph should be inserted after the word 'Madrid' in the citation below.]]
 
[[proofing symbol for switching the order of the next two words]] THOMAS WILSON.

[[^8]] ^[[Pub. Aug. '95.]]  
[[strikethrough]]and Description[[/strikethrough]]
[Catalogue of the display from the Department of Prehistoric Anthropology, United States National Museum at the Columbian Historical Exhibition in Madrid.] pp. 93-142 ^[[, figs 1-67.]]

The department of prehistoric anthropology of the National Museum was represented at the Exposicion Historico-Americana, Madrid, 1892, by about 5,000 objects, selected from the department, and intended to present a synopsis of

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