GLYCERINE

calied by its discoverer, - | in 1779, ** the sweet principle of olls,” is; | thelr const wnt para, giyernn as Kit constituen i-) acids. It is | in the © | manufacture of soaps. It is much used a | GNOMES.” imaginary Vawert beings j supposed to oxist in the — of {| the earth and to be guardians of mines,: ™GNOSTICS, « During the Ist century, GN c cen nD} A.D., an effort was made eA body of, | philosophers, who a umed name, to b | fathom the truc, inward meaning of the { | various mythologies and religious systems ij existing among the pumeroas races $| included in the Roman — to arrive at a comprehensible of the 0 ame of the Litany 2 and Roman a | mythology, Persian Chaldean beliefa,: | philosophy, the Jewish religion, end even 8 osophy, the even r the doctrines of Christienlty appear to t | bave been analysed to build up the oD | religion of the Gnostics, ‘According to their earliest teachings, the a tm y Being is etemal, the source of all good. and e | dwells in the aby at an infinite distanco = Hat tigae! ES aed: © | things are made, eternal, | source of all evil. a eee 8,| Being and Matter were the | n| @ons, spirits gifted with the power of of | creating matter from the visible universe. The most celebrated names among the l- | Gnostics are Cerinthus, Basilides, Oarpoo- ¥ | trates, and Saturninus. ©| GNU or WILDER: a the Boers n | call it, is an animal found in South Africa, ©} combining the characteristics of the anten | lope, horse, and buffalo, Its size is that 3 | of a small horse; its flesh is nutritious; n | and its horns, which are common to both is |} sexes, resemble those of the buffalo, It ». | feeds in a which are yee A e€| becoming smaller — the y | deadly rifle, and soon this animal will be cj rarely seen south of the Limpopo and: Ore a Portsqa ectie ial maieceapale ce a ing district, situated on the west coast of f Hemp, cowriles, betelnut, ., are x}exported. Area about 1,400 square miles; s | population 475,000. | n| [s. 157]