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# Gesta Romanorum Vol. I (1871)/Of Reconciliation between God and Man

TALE XXXIX.
OF RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN.
The Roman annals say, such discord existed between two brothers, that one of them maliciously laid waste the lands of the other. The emperor Julius (37) having heard of this, determined to punish the offender capitally. The latter, therefore, understanding what was meditated, went to the brother whom he had injured, and besought forgiveness; at the same time requesting that he would screen him from the emperor's vengeance. But they who were present at the interview, rebuked him, and declared that he deserved punishment not pardon. To which he made the following reply. "That prince is not worthy of ​regard who in war assumes the gentleness of a lamb, but in peace puts on the ferocity of a lion. Although my brother should not incline towards me, yet will I endeavour to conciliate him. For the injury I did him is sufficiently avenged in my repentance and bitterness of heart." This view of the case appeased the emperor, and restored peace between himself and his brother.
APPLICATION.
My beloved, these two brothers are the sons of God and man; between whom there is discord as often as man commits a mortal sin. The emperor is God.
Note 37.Page 146.
"The emperor Julius."
"We must not forget that there was the romance of Julius Cæsar. And I believe Antony and Cleopatra were more known characters in the dark ages, than is commonly supposed. Shakspeare is thought to have formed his play on this story from North's translation of Amyot's unauthentic French Plutarch, published in London in 1579."
From such sources, in all probability, the monks ​derived the little they knew of the Gesta Romanorum.
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 36

Plate 36. V. I. p. 256. Note.
Longitudinal section of another shell of Ammonites obtusus from the Lias at Lyme Regis. (Original.)
The greater part of the outer chamber, and the entire cavities of the air-chambers are filled with calcareous spar, and the Siphuncle, (preserved in a carbonaceous state,) is seen passing along the entire dorsal margin to the commencement of the outer chamber. See V. I. p. 265, Note.
Von Buch has found evidence to show that the membranous siphuncle of Ammonites was continued to a considerable distance along the outer chamber, beyond the last or largest transverse Plate. This discovery accords with the analogies afforded by the membranous neck of the siphon of the N. Pompilius, which is continued along the outer chamber from the last transverse Plate to the Pericardium. See Pl. 34. q.
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 37

Plate 37. V. I. p. 258. Note.
| Figs. | Locality. | Stratum. |
| 1. Ammonites Amaltheus Gibbosus (Schlotheim) | Gloucester | Lias. |
| 2. A. Varicosus (Sowerby) | Black Down, Devon. | Green Sand. |
| 3. A. Hnmphriesianus (Sowerby) | Sherborne | Inferior Oolite. |
| 4. A. Lamberti (Sowerby) | Oxford | Oxford Clay. |
| 5. A. Planulatus (Schlotheim) | Franconia | Jura limestone. |
| 6. A. Bucklandi (Sowerby) | Bath | Lias. |
| 7. A. Lautus (Sowerby) | Folkstone | Gault. |
| 8. A. Catena (Sowerby) | Marcham | Calcareous Grit |
| 9. A. Varians (Zieten) | Geislingrn | Jura limestone. |
| 10. A. Striatus (Reinicke) | Gros Eislingen | Lias. |
| a. Exterior dorsal margin. |
| b. Back view of the shell. |
| c. Transverse section of shell. |
The figures in this Plate are selected to exemplify some of the various manners in which the shells of Ammonites are adorned and strengthened by ribs, and flutings, and bosses. In Vol. I. p. 257, instances are mentioned of similar contrivances which are applied in Art to strengthen thin plates of metal. Workers in Glass have also adopted a similar expedient in their method of fortifying small wine flasks of thin glass, made flat, and portable in the pocket, with a series of spiral flutings passing obliquely across the sides of the flask, as in many of the flattened forms of Ammonite. Similar spiral flutings are introduced for the same purpose on the surface of thin glass pocket smelling bottles. In other glass flasks of the same kind which are made in Germany, the addition of bosses to the surfaces of the flat sides of the bottles, produces a similar double result of ornament and strength.
Plate 38. V. I. p. 262. Note.
Air-chambers of Ammonites heterophyllus, filled with Lias, and showing in a remarkable degree the effect of the undulating course of the edges of the transverse plates beneath the flat sides of the outer shell.
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 4

Plate 4. V. I. pp. 70, 73.
Nearly perfect skeletons of the four species of fossil animals, whose restored figures are given in the last Plate. (Cuvier.)
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 33

Plate 33. V. I. pp. 247, 248. Note.
Longitudinal Section of Nautilus Striatus, from the Lias at Whitby, in the collection of Mrs. Murchison. The interior of the Chambers is filled exclusively with calcareous spar, and that of the Siphuncle with Lias. (Original.)
Plate 34. V. I. p. 249. Note.
Drawing of the animal of the Nautilus Pompilius, prepared at my request by Mr. Owen, to show the manner in which the siphuncle terminates in the Pericardium. (Original.)
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 38

Plate 38. V. I. p. 262. Note.
Air-chambers of Ammonites heterophyllus, filled with Lias, and showing in a remarkable degree the effect of the undulating course of the edges of the transverse plates beneath the flat sides of the outer shell. ​
A portion of the outer shell is preserved at c. and impressions of the fluted interior of the shell, which has fallen off, are visible at d. (Original.)
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 41

Plate 41. V. I. p. 264.
Ammonites giganteus, found in the Portland stone at Tisbury in Wiltshire. This beautiful fossil is in the collection of Miss Benett. The chambers are all void, and the transverse Plates and Shell converted to Calcedony. (Original.)
Plate 42. V. I. pp. 264, 265. Note.
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 35

Plate 35. V. I. p. 257.
Cast of the interior of the Shell of Ammonites obtusus from Lyme. Fragments of the shell remain near b. and c.
One object of this Plate and of many of the figures at Pl. 37. is to show the manner in which the external shell is fortified by Ribs and Flutings, (PP. 257. 258.) and further supported by the edges of the internal transverse plates, that form the air-chambers. See V. I. p. 263, Note. (Original.)
Plate 36. V. I. p. 256. Note.
Longitudinal section of another shell of Ammonites obtusus from the Lias at Lyme Regis. (Original.)
The greater part of the outer chamber, and the entire cavities of the air-chambers are filled with calcareous spar, and the Siphuncle, (preserved in a carbonaceous state,) is seen passing along the entire dorsal margin to the commencement of the outer chamber. See V. I. p. 265, Note.
Von Buch has found evidence to show that the membranous siphuncle of Ammonites was continued to a considerable distance along the outer chamber, beyond the last or largest transverse Plate. This discovery accords with the analogies afforded by the membranous neck of the siphon of the N. Pompilius, which is continued along the outer chamber from the last transverse Plate to the Pericardium. See Pl. 34. q.
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 39

Plate 39. V. I. p. 263. Note.
This Plate presents a longitudinal view of the same fossil, of which a side view is given in the last figure. The same transverse plates that approximate so closely beneath the sides of the shell, where it is flat and feeble, (Pl. 38.) are distant from each other along the dorsal portion, which from its convex form is strong.
The Siphuncle is preserved in its proper dorsal place at d.
The elevations and depressions of the transverse plate in front of this figure exemplify the theory of Von Buch, respecting the use of the Lobes and Saddles formed by the undulations of its outer margin. See V. I. p. 267, and Note. (Original.)
Plate 40. V. I. p. 272. Note.
The Lobes are simple, and without foliations; their form resembles that of the slipper-shaped lobe of the Nautilus Ziczac, and Nautilus Sypho. See Pl. 43.
The lobes D. L. l. V. are pointed inwards, and the intermediate Saddles S. d. S. L. S. V. are rounded outwards; according to the type of Ammonites. (Original.)
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 40

Plate 40. V. I. p. 272. Note.
The Lobes are simple, and without foliations; their form resembles that of the slipper-shaped lobe of the Nautilus Ziczac, and Nautilus Sypho. See Pl. 43.
The lobes D. L. l. V. are pointed inwards, and the intermediate Saddles S. d. S. L. S. V. are rounded outwards; according to the type of Ammonites. (Original.)
# Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology/Plate 34

Plate 34. V. I. p. 249. Note.
Drawing of the animal of the Nautilus Pompilius, prepared at my request by Mr. Owen, to show the manner in which the siphuncle terminates in the Pericardium. (Original.) ​
* ↑ Mr. Owen supposes that these follicles discharge the impurities of the blood into the Pericardium, when there is no access of water to the Branchiæ, during the time that the animal is contracted within its shell. The overflowing of this pericardia fluid may pass out through the orifices marked by the bristles, c. c.
* ↑ This upper portion or neck of the Siphuncle, has the form of a flattened canal, with thin Parietes of the same substance as the Pericardium; when the animal expands itself at the bottom of the sea, this neck is probably closed by the lateral pressure of the gizzard, k, and ovary, I, and so acts instead of a valve to prevent the return of the pericardia fluid into the Siphuncle. At such times, the deep-sea water must press with great force on the exterior of the Pericardium, and tend to force the pericardia fluid into the Siphuncle; but as an equal amount of pressure is applied simultaneously to the Ovary and Gizzard, the lateral pressure of these two organs on the neck of the Siphuncle would tend to close it with a force exactly counterbalancing the external pressure on the Pericardium.
# Glass City Bank of Jeanette Pa v. United States

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United States Supreme Court
326 U.S. 265
Glass City Bank of Jeanette Pa v. United States
Argued: Oct. 15, 16, 1945. --- Decided: Nov 13, 1945
Mr. Fred B. Trescher, of Greensburg, Pa., for petitioner.
Mr. Ralph F. Fuchs, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Glass v. Woodman

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United States Supreme Court
241 U.S. 646
Glass v. Woodman
Messrs. W. F. Guthrie and Emmet H. Gamble for appellant.
Messrs. John S. Leahy, Walter H. Saunders, and Irvin V. Barth for appellees.
Per Curiam:

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# Glass v. Woodman/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
241 U.S. 646
Glass v. Woodman
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co. 212 U.S. 477, 53 L. ed. 605, 29 Sup. Ct. Rep. 341; Omaha Electric Light & P. Co. v. Omaha, 230 U.S. 123, 57 L. ed. 1419, 33 Sup. Ct. Rep. 974; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. Co. 237 U.S. 575-577, 59 L. ed. 1119-1123, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 729; (2) St. Louis, K. C. & C. R. Co. v. Wabash R. Co. 217 U.S. 247, 250, 54 L. ed. 752, 754, 30 Sup. Ct. Rep. 510; Railroad Commission v. Worthington, 225 U.S. 101, 104, 56 L. ed. 1004, 1006, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 653; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U.S. 561, 568, 56 L. ed. 1205, 1210, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 704.
The petition for Writ of Certiorari is denied.

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# Glass v. Police Jury of the Parish of Concordia

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United States Supreme Court
176 U.S. 207
Glass v. Police Jury of the Parish of Concordia
Argued: January 8, 1900. --- Decided: January 29, 1900
This was a suit brought in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana by William C. Glass, a citizen of the state of Missouri, against the parish of Concordia, to recover on certain warrants or orders for levee work; and, having been dismissed for want of jurisdiction, came to this court on the following certificate:
'This cause was tried at the present term of the court solely on the defendant's exception to the jurisdiction of the court, and it appearing from the jurisdictional facts alleged in plaintiff's petition, admitted to be true by said exception, that the warrants and orders sued on were payable to the order of Matthew Carr, deceased, who was a citizen of the state of Louisiana, and were assets of his estate, and that the plaintiff acquired title thereto through a judicial sale made by the sheriff of the parish of Concordia on the 22d day of May, 1868, under authority of an order of the probate court of said parish having the administration of said estate; that plaintiff at the date of his said purchase and at the date of filing his original petition herein, on the 2d day of November, 1877, was a citizen of the state of Missouri, and that the defendant was a citizen of the state of Louisiana. Under the state of facts the only question at issue upon the trial of said exception was whether the case, for the purpose of jurisdiction, comes within the following restriction imposed by § 1 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1875; 'Nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit founded on contract in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover thereon if no assignment had been made, except in cases of promissory notes, negotiable by the law merchant, and bills of exchange.' And the court, for the reasons set forth in the written opinion hereto annexed and made part hereof, has this day maintained the defendant's exception to the jurisdiction of this court, and dismissed plaintiff's petition, with leave to amend, if so advised, and without prejudice, and now grants this certificate for the purpose of enabling the plaintiff to obtain a review by the Supreme Court of said jurisdictional question under the 5th section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891.'
Messrs. J. D. Rouse and Wm. Grant for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Edgar H. Farrar, Benjamin F. Jonas, Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, and Henry L. Lazarus for defendant in error.
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opinion of the court:

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# Glasser v. United States ex rel. Kretske

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United States Supreme Court
315 U.S. 60
Glasser v. United States ex rel. Kretske
Argued: and Submitted Nov. 13, 14, 1941. --- Decided: Jan 19, 1942
See 315 U.S. 827, 62 S.Ct. 629, 86 L.Ed. --.
[Syllabus from pages 60-62 intentionally omitted]
Messrs. Homer Cummings, of Washington, D.C., Ralph M. Snyder, of Chicago, Ill., and William D. Donnelly, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner Glasser.
Mr. Edward M. Keating, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner Kretske.
Mr. Alfred E. Roth, of Chicago, Ill., pro se.
Mr. Edwin D. Dickinson, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. John Elliott Byrne, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner Glasser as amicus curiae.
Mr. Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# First National Bank of Washington v. Whitman

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United States Supreme Court
94 U.S. 343
First National Bank of Washington v. Whitman
ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
Argued by Mr. A. G. Riddle and Mr. F. Miller for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. S. Shellabarger and Mr. J. Daniels for the defendant in error.
Mr. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# First National Bank of Xenia Ohio v. Stewart

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United States Supreme Court
114 U.S. 224
First National Bank of Xenia Ohio v. Stewart
John Little, for plaintiff in error.
E. M. Johnson, Geo. Hoadly, and Edward Colston, for defendants in error.
WOODS, J.

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# First National Bank of Shreveport v. Louisiana Tax Commission

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United States Supreme Court
289 U.S. 60
First National Bank of Shreveport v. Louisiana Tax Commission
Argued: Jan. 12, 1933. --- Decided: March 20, 1933
Appeal from the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Messrs. Howard B. Warren and Lewell C. Butler, both of Shreveport, La., for appellants.
Mr. Elias Goldstein, of Shreveport, La., for appellees.
Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# First National Bank of San Jose v. California

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United States Supreme Court
262 U.S. 366
First National Bank of San Jose v. California
Argued: April 13, 1923. --- Decided: June 4, 1923
Mr. S. F. Leib, of San Jose, Cal., for plaintiff in error.
Mr. U.S. Webb, Atty. Gen., of San Francisco, Cal., for defendants in error.
Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Gesta Romanorum Vol. I (1871)/Of Extortion

TALE LI.
OF EXTORTION.
Josephus mentions, that Tiberius Cæsar, inquiring why the governors of provinces remained so long in office, was answered by an example. "I have seen," said the respondent, "an infirm man covered with ulcers, grievously tormented by a swarm of flies. When asked why he did not use a flap and drive off his tormentors, he answered, 'The very circumstance which you think would ​relieve me, would, in effect, promote tenfold suffering. For by driving away the flies now saturated with my blood, I should afford an opportunity to those that were empty and hungry to supply their place. And who doubts that the biting of a hungry insect is not ten thousand times more painful than that of one completely gorged,—unless the person attacked, be stone, and not flesh.'" (52)
APPLICATION.
My beloved, governors who are already enriched by plunder, are less likely to continue their oppression than they who are poor and needy.
Note 52.Page 172.
I have met with a similar story in a modern book of fables under the following form.
"One hot day in summer, a boar, covered with wounds, threw himself beneath the shadow of a large tree, where he was grievously tormented by ​innumerable swarms of flies. A fox, who was passing by, drew near; and good-naturedly offered to drive away the obnoxious insects. 'Let them alone, my friend,' said the boar; 'these flies are glutted, and unable to do me much further injury. But if they are driven off, others will supply their places, and at this rate, I shall not have a drop of blood left in my body.'"
# Gesta Romanorum Vol. I (1871)/Of Christ, who, by His Passion, delivered us from Hell

TALE XLIII.
OF CHRIST, WHO, BY HIS PASSION, DELIVERED US FROM HELL.
In the middle of Rome, there was once an immense chasm, which no human efforts could fill up. The gods being questioned relative to this extraordinary circumstance, made answer, "That unless a man could be found who would voluntarily commit himself to the gulf, it would remain unclosed for ever." Proclamations were sent forth, signifying that he who was willing to offer himself a sacrifice for the good of his country, should appear—but not a man ventured to declare himself. At length Marcus Aurelius (41) said, "If ye will permit me to live as I please during the space of one whole year, I will cheerfully surrender myself, at the end of it, to the yawning chasm." The ​Romans assented with joy, and Aurelius indulged for that year in every wish of his heart. Then mounting a noble steed, he rode furiously into the abyss, which, with a dreadful crash, immediately closed over him.
APPLICATION.
My beloved, Rome is the world, in the centre of which, before the nativity of Christ, was the gulf of hell, yawning for our immortal souls. Christ plunged into it, and by so doing ransomed the human race.
Note 41.Page 154.
"Marcus Aurelius."
Marcus Curtius was the name of the youth who devoted himself, according to Roman History. The condition upon which the sacrifice was to be performed, is purely monastic.