Father of Peace, The

A title given by the Mountains with the plateau of Langres. High senate of Genoa to Andrea Doria. Father of Ridicule, The. Rabelais. Father of the Faithful, The. Abraham. Father of the Marshal sea, The. See Dorrit , Mr. William . Father of the People. A title a umed by the kings of Denmark during the period of absolutism. Father of Waters. The Mi i ippi. Father Prout. See Mahony , Francis . Fathers, The, or The Good-natured Man. A play by Fielding, brought to light 24 years after his death. Fathers, The Apostolic. Those fathers of the church who were during any part of their lives contemporary with the apostles. They are six: Barnabas (lived about A. D. 70-100), Clement of Rome (died about 100), Hermas (lived probably about the beginning of the 2d century). Ignatius (died probably 107), Papias (lived probably about 130), and Polycarp (died 155). Fathers and Sons. A novel by Turgenieff, published in 1862. In it theoretic nihilism is presented defined. The destructive skepticism of the edicatudent Bazar off, the new man, in whom Ture genieff portrayed the spirit of a new epoch, aroused much hostility against him. "A nihilist," said Nicholas Petrovitch, "signifies a man who recognizes nothing?" "Or rather who respects nothing," said Paul Petrovitch. "A man who looks at everything from a critical point of view," said Arcadi. "Does not that come to the same thing?" asked his uncle. "No, not at all; a nihilist is a man who bows before no authority, who accepts no principle without examination, no matter what credit the principle has."