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CONDUCT OF L FAYETTE IN THE A IERIC N REVOLU­ TION.
LESSON V.
R voLU'TI?N, n., change the state of a gove ment or country. It 1s u ed m America r the change produced by the War of Inde­ pendence. L. revolutus.
CoNFEDERA'TION, n league; alliance, F. L. f dus.
CuAM1PJON, n., one who undertakes a cause in single combat. F. LEGENDARY (led'jen-da-re), a., bulous, romantic. From L. l enda. Cmv'ALRY (c like s), n., knighthood. F. cltevalerie.
TouR'NAMENT, n mi tary sport; mock encounter. Low L. tourna­
mentum.
V1s10R (v 'ur), n., a moveable and per rated part in the ont of a helmet, pfo.ced above the beaver, to protect the upper part of the ce. L. visus.
ROMANCE', n., a ction. F. roman. I. romanzo.
PAGEANTRY (pad'jun-tre), n., show; pompoua exhibition or spectacle.
From pegma, L. and G.
VET1ERAN, n., an old soldier; a man long practised in anything. L.
veteranus.
ELUDE', v to escape; to ev de. L. eludo, c and lu , to play. . el er. I. elu re. S. elu,dir.
1. THE war of American Independence is closed.
The people of the North American con deration are in union, sovereign and independent. La Fayette, at twenty- ve years of age, has li·ed the li of a patriarch, and illustrated the career of a hero. Had his days upon earth been then numbered, and had he then slept with bis thers, illustrious as r cen­ turies their names had been, his name, to th end of time, would have transcended them all.
2. Fortunate youth ! rtunate beyond eYen the
/measure of his companions in arms with whom he had achieved the glorious consummation of American Independence. His me was all his own ; noL cheaply earned; not ignobly won. His follow-sol­ diers had been the champions and de nders of their
country. They reaped r themselves, r their wives,