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The Irish People, v. 1, no. 40, August 27, 1864.
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O'Leary, John, 1830-1907. Luby, Thomas Clarke, 1821-1901. Kickham, Charles Joseph, ca. 1826-1882. Stephens, James, 1825-1901. Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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1864-08-27
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Dublin : Printed for the proprietor and published at the office, 12 Parliament Street, by John Haltigan
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Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
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PRANCE
ANLAMBERT” AND. THE. EMPEROR.
4 Eb, ba Lambert ¥Obé Lambert!” “ Vive Lambert ! re As-tu
“yu Lambert ?% Ot est Lambert 7”: During the Féte Napoléoa, all
Paris has been ringing with these odd impromptu variations on the
last new cry."’ Gamins shricked it-out; merry grisettes echoed i
"It was in thé cafés; the theatres, the streets, the squares, the” public
gardeys, the boulevards... Go where you would, there was no escaping
Lam! If'an unhappy Parisian had -prepared himself in’ any,
remarkable manner for the'festivities—if he was guilty of a white
hat, or a summer suit of pecnliar'splendour—it was “Voila Lam-;
bert!” The whole forcé of the ridiculous ery was turned upon him,
till he was tortured into retirement. mbert was everybody:
“anybody-—nobody. » All thé 'world was interested it him. 3 No! “one!
knew anything about him ;) where, or why, or whence, or ‘how, :or,
when, or whither Lambert, not a soul onl haye told... The popular:
paroxysm came to such !:a! paas,. tl mn: disquiet seized the;
vmninds of the’ Police Correctioneile, ‘the stctater of the’Tnterior'was’
perplexed, the heart of ‘thé Prefect of the Seine was troubled within
“him, ak the Intendant of Public Safety chafed at Lambert.: Lam-;
‘as very seriously discussed in the bureaux ; Lambert was..to
“be: ‘inquired into; Lambert; has. been inquired, into, ‘The me)
“shouting “ Lambert” a ith laughter” and” \pitarious 4 ‘uproar,
has s pecasioned quite a ministerial difficulty and anxiety.
The Emperor and Empress; I understand, went thos Paste, the
night of. the 15th, to’see ithe” illuminations and. They!
drove in a carriage devoid of the Imperial jeme—that | is to say, the *
capital {N,” which is-generally stamped on eyerything belonging to
the Crown or the Emperor personally. ’ In the most’ crowded places |
sthey alighted. ., When »near the” Place’ “de. Trocadero, a crowd of
igoming peeped into the door of the carriage, and, prétending’ not to
w who. was inside, said ;—‘ Vous n’avez pas vu Lambert ?' Lam-
pet weat pas 1a?”° “ Non, il n’y est, pas—Lambert,” answered the
<Ennperors whereupon her Majesty laughed agorge deployee. Lain | 0
eg
3
bert”.is a lang. term that now goes the rounds of, Paris, has suc- |
ceeded “16 pied qui r'mue,” and means about as much as ‘ My. Mary
Anne,” or at Pop goes the, Weasel !” The origin of “Lambert”, dates
from not. many, weeks ago, when some shopmen were: on'a Sunday
evening returning from Cherbourg. “At Evreux. they’ all got’ in
qefresh themselves and | sing songs at the buffet.’ When” the bell
yang the excursionists rushed to the train, leaving b Uehind
byilt fellow named Lambert.’ ” One of, the party improvi
way to Paris, 4 song, which simply shows some ready: wie consider: |
ing it was improvised i ina railway carriage. It is is now thé rage
“as much the S Malbr rough 8 ‘en vi t- gnerrey? ayhen, fis
ia
Sirs ‘came ou ID
me i Pa
ERRIBLE, MURDER IN FI
Two men, Ji sequen! ‘Latour,- 4 baker, and "Prancots Audony, nick-
hamed Hercules, are now being tried in the south of France fora
Most remarkable ‘assassination robbery committed on the oth
July last, The facts are these :
In the valley of the Arize, and: close: to the village Labatide|
Beaplas,’ lies the’ chéteau’ of Baillard, ¢ a strageling building. 2 In
this chéteau”liyed an old bachelor, a BI. 'Bugad de Lasall and |
three servants Jean Lacanel, : the coachman, Pelagio Bycheire, ‘the
Raymonde _ Bergé, the cook.) M. de Lasalle had a coii-
siderable forte which he very much neglected ;: ii fact, he'was «
miser and preferred boarding in his money even to investing it in
Government ‘securities, Publ ic eport greatly i puenerated bis
to:
{
cnsaswvane} SAbigh'
4
alive. The following evening the horizon was wore clear...
ete eee ee
6THE IRISH ‘PEOF 4
All the J Yorestd toi! ‘the wibhe! ‘and lett of the road
“Mede to Hyeres were burning ovér an, extent of twelve miles.
stirs a ieee loup, where the] aseth ects found Ie nodbenry
alls in order to relieve the horses, they were for
to a a complete furnace, and the fir cones @ whieh fell tin
the horses’ feet, and on. the <avallee zendered their position ex-
trenielydengéeroud, © But-the ditime for, reBection,(for they
were compelled to quicken oh pace ein order to avoid being roasted
bt through fire.
was still burning, but it was farther off, and it was. driven towards
the sea by the mistral, which was bowing. With terrific ylolebee ;
the last accounts state that the fire in the forest of Rivest wae ee
tinguished by, the trqops sent from Toulon f for that, seurpore,, |
“Bo that there was no” ore ti timber to“burn.« ‘The: of what:
NING OF THE COUNCIL-GEVEBAL, OF PUY DE DONT, [T *
Por. Oe Doms, Avcust 23.—The Council-General, for,
department was opened here to-day. M. Raihr delivered a spec
in which he intimated that the law affecting” ‘the’
would have a largely decentralizing character. It’ would/.also: b
very liberal and conker upon the: < Corin cils-Generay the most entire
authority. over departmental affairs, restraining their’ hatids 6f- su
ordination towards the State ‘solely to the subjects aflreting general
interests, the unity of the territory, or o* rights
m
rage SoS “Houland} at Rotts, flag expressed j ihtthe’ ne |
i
sense.
A VereRAN OF THE cuewon Aes MEE. —An old oldie, more than
a hundred years of age, has just «died ‘at! Montmjrg}, nggr Konfans
(Drome). “He entered the army at the beginning of thea Reveluc|:
tion, and terminated his military career at Waterloo. Me ney
suffered from illness, and died at Taste f dedays02 Lae eisriorl ne
=
£
&
may be considered a disastrons conflaccratiotl are he expected: 4. /
Co} sieifs-Genera? 4
ne ey PO GAY seer
: 4 3 a ‘Avocet 27, 1864,
contiialy 3 passat 108 goaded by the
forks * Cossacks % and Peasants who lances * and
‘Arrived ” item they were’ €Ast into i e8corteg
all Access to them n by order of the
93 WhO were conv eyed to the hott ity Mo}
friends could obtain permission to supply (vai ore
linen. With these scenes necting al oat” ‘el ha re
seemed bitter mockery to find Lor re “on
Br
d.
Lords, to ng effect “ nt from ng eqn
‘Yolent nh Sqnperor oe gs the
ee would « "to his Utmost to put a stop t ry Fite
ut, even ting the be ney lnk od 08 te 0 things»
ag Bat peer nant of ‘that fact Would” Satin hy Ep,
ranted or ane proximate! subpension of “boodnhelane ml
I dial
inet
ce wat te ag ;
e
in th
ern provinces, The e Ki,
toga, ae as Lord Brougham himse self of the et ~
® Mmassacres “to ‘which the peasants’ were excel
War RSA Wy Avousr 23zp —According to an Impe rial g
Palatinate of ugustows wilt be incorporated with Rs iver
27th inatant., will remain under tho administration of ©
Gov ns € Gongral Zopalocki has be has been nominated to ; is
rts tr
3 YY, ~
"Lebkex, Koovst a Lola passiig of two > Oh the
|. fron the dominion of: one power‘ into that of “anther
but. Poy events often spri
40: give ut sbe thereby lost all ascend; zl
Ttalian Pohinaila. “Those smaller States which rel
existerics fell ond by'ohe, and’ ther’ arose the kingdo
be tined probablyto put an end to that Germun dortfétoy:
HOLLAS *s CpjatalPal peat
? tal a ag
Peevey watt Buu ain vote OT tnd Vain prea of
ve alt arts of! The model, of Sir Josept:
485. has: rey ‘ranged with much vsudvess ‘and
Titaraute ceonitrist,"to most of the public arid
ih capital. ©The!’ pro ct was’ Atarted ‘as Jong
aiat atte kind of hindrances Veing
mhenced till” 1858," ard’ since’ then,
pre owe its compton y But
vat Ts ion
a neo Fe
rad faith ) Prince
af the ‘eeremani arid replied
po strncturd
ey ese
3, but, jn!
offe ‘ Ane building
cor
‘Of St abet tile "hui
ary andi indastr; a
deyjck; uncle oft cs ded *
md a ae te Soot froni Dis
‘ince décorated witht r of the LLion-of
Wi be avr d oe ‘fhe On ss nobtto, ere
ss 0S PE DISTURBANCES’ ‘AT: GENE
“ Guxeva, Avovst 23.2The disturbances. 'at > "Ganeval yer
rose, from the Radical com ‘ittge having the previous day an
[Rhetlectln ob Shere vier the muevative caddte’ toy tb ihe
ine
wl
‘On becoming:
suting in” hich the ations ot the ! Council. were! held
habitants of the Faubonrg and Gervais. armed? ‘theinsel ves,
‘conflict ensued ° iit 7 ybice fou perdéni? sere" killed’ ‘aad ton
wounded. Mi ss. wd edd br e it
“Me Farn sired ha ‘Golonat 0 rman; ‘the Federal’ ‘Commissioners,
who subsequently arrived! witha battalion a ‘ilitia, ‘have! reithred
ti
thé!‘Conséryatives’ surrounded ‘the
the i,
‘wealth: He left home but wate and always h
at hand. On the 26th’ February ‘last a valet eae that the
abutters of the chéteau were closed af an unusually late hour. After
making some inquiries,,thig man went -into the court-yard of
Baillard, and called Pelagie; finding no.one in the kitchen, he
went into the stable, where be saw several pools of blood, and in an
obgeury corner, the boyy of the maid, He. immediately fave the
alarm, and an’ atrocious business ‘was ‘soon brought to ght: The
body of the maid Peta ad een” discovered on the ground flgor:
In a wood elodg by lay th¢’ corpse of Jean’ Lacartel,' where it had
evidently, weet dragged: Sci the table? It is supposed that
he was first victim, ‘and’ that- Pelagie Bycheire ‘was ‘mur
dered ater a long strvgele, whilst~ attempting to assist him.
the first. floor,’ where’ the two servants slept,’ was found the
body of M. de Lasalle; ‘atthe foot of a’ bed, and behind. the bed,
half enveloped in the wae “was, Raymonde Bergé, her head
It seemed as if shé had’ béert the
lgst | ee and had éndeavoured to” defend : herself with the bed
hangings,’ The’ assassin, 'td aécomplish his crime, must’ have ‘got
on the ea, for the sheets showed the marks of muddy boots.” It ig
supposed th at M. de Lasalle was murdered in an, adjoining room.
‘Phe foifr bodies were fearfully mutilated, and the details of the dif
ferent wounds showed that udheard-of ferocity iad ‘been: practised
on the victims after death, | Itis hard to aecount for this brutality
otherwise than by supposing that the assassins were endeavouring
to mislead justice.’ M. de Lasalle is said to’ have had no enemies,
and the only’ motive for the perpetration of the crime was to obtain
the treasure he was known to possess, © Suspicion. iinmediately fell
ond‘ nian who went by the name of Pujol ‘He had been seén seve-
ral times in thé-neighbourhood, and had ‘disappeared directly. after
the assassination.’ Had he remained quiet’ he might have/ escaped
altogether, but he was taken up! for: wounding: and robbery.at St.
Girons and Toulouse, and as the description given of him coincided
‘with ‘that of Pujol, te matter ‘was examined, and he was found to
be the same man wl andering around Baillard.
His pame wag, not "Pujol, bat Jaques Latour he was ae escape:
donviet, he had already: been in prison for nive years, ‘and his phot
graph was in every considerable police’ station in France. ata fa
» agl Seenmitanta evidence ‘was goné into.': Poor before to crime,
his podkets full of notes and gold a few ‘days‘Ilater.
He announced his’ intention’ of Settling in the: neighbourhood .and
Porchasing a farm, and he went. 80 far as’ to ask .the daughter
of «his ‘host:tn> marriage; > but : he». soon, : got» . frightened,
and went further off. He continually heard the affair of Labastide
_ discussed, and when told that one of the assassins had been arrested
“he declated the report to be false; and on ‘another. occasion, when
the assassins were accused of having eaten by the ‘side of the dead
bodies of their victims,’ he: replied, “ Ain
hungry. ”: ;The evidence collected against Jacques Latour is nearly;
certain to lead to his conviction, He is supposed to have been aided:
by ae ot other prisoner, against whom no very strong case has deen
made
Dang the reading of the’ act of accusation, the two accused men,
Latour and Audony,* were: ettentively examined.; : Latour is dark,
and has a hard. expression; his eye is black and brilliant, and he
Igoked atound the court with, assurance, »» veThe lower part of ‘bis face
projects, and gives him.a menacing air, and he is of middle height.’
mndony, nicknamed Hercules, has a large head, forehead, and face ;
his neck is musoular,‘and his shoulders broad. “remains: nearly.
always with | his arms crossed. ,' His. voice is feeble, and contrastd
strangely. with. big; powerful frame, The accused, listened to the
reading of the act, which seeks to throw mpon them the culpability
of the death of foar Persons, with great attention. ; Latour assymed
at times an astonished air, a if he were - hearing. something quite
new to him. _ Audony m lifted his eves, and he was remarked
ta redden when a description was given of the horrible way in which |
the murdered people had ae moutilated,,>
-TRAYELLING THROUGH .—A letter from ‘Toulon on the 12th,
published in the Afessager gu Mi e stage coach which
arrived a ee that meri. from: to travel all
a
Tam F
me pypmavensiaewne a ke
have now
3.24The Neaesal: Goeunissoe' ‘eho 8! been
‘anndut : re
fe
es"that> tran pillity “has been
4 ond jo shia leat anob. Io. loo
je Canton had’ regained. Ytostoln! of actios,
inquiry be be \nrade intorithé acter and» the
r eAadee L Legace) dayne
: ral Cdmmis: sibtier waports that'e agitation’ at. Geneva.’ had
recommehced;'the’ contending’ parties refasings to: lay’ down ‘their
arms. Hp hac had, , therefore, ordered the Fed roops. tol enter: the
town. Bsns af urtal ott
may ereb
vane Governinent of th
ana has ordered that’
et
DENMARK AND THE pucut
at Oaresalben, Avoags 1g.—Some paciyos of Sebijewig, forguerly
holding office in that Duchy, and expelled by. the allies, have .re-
solved to address a petition to the Rigeraad, a vocating | the right
of the population to a general al vi er. the | conelusion 6 peace.
The petition requests. that the sotine Atal take plage My vations
the utmost care being taken to preserve‘ the "ght ot
alities.
iyreypen | ‘OcopPAtio!
plano, Aveyst 2 cupati
russia : an i appeara to ' Ve “decided upon. General
Gsttent, ‘the’ comman: of the Austi lait‘ troops," has’ di
ton: nay, and is inaking t ths Necessary Pee
POLAND." it
CAI) RuserAN ATROCITINE IN-POLANDALC AL is
(From Bullock's ¢ Poti Experiences”) *
In the villages of Leszezyn,sTroja: ma -Fodoia, and Iwan nkow,
scenes were enacted a parallel, for in only, be found’'in the
bloodiest days of, the French} revolution. *, Not. con tent with swreak-
ing ‘their vengeance on the ving sO yal a ‘pedgants
forcibly entered the ghu ureh: e four above amed’‘illages ‘and,
under, ithe pretence pf ng ne br open the * dbting
places of the dead. So inflamed w y with ‘tho Iudt of plunder
at they did not hit ai forge espoil, the \corpees) of. _whateyer, st lek
nett and jew £00
="
a
The nae Tolsteln of ‘the
een interred with them.
tidings of this, matey syeached M. Bo rowel,
he at price addressed’ a remonsttarice ‘to’ General’
vernor of’ the three provincés: few! days *aterwatde “Annenkoff
reported to the Bishop, ‘expressing hia’regret ‘at what had happenelt
and enclosing hini a copy of the reproof whicli hp bad forwarded;to
Prince Druckoy-Sokolinski. ¢:'The latter, after the receipt of the rer,
primand of his chief, by way of shawing how much regard he paid to
it, published an order of the day, in which he thanked ‘the peay,
sants and military for their activity in. putting ; down . the, dnsur-
rection, and conveyed his ‘entire, approval: of the means ta which;
they bad regorted,;Ta the: notbonrod of Winnies, 4 district’ town
in the northern division, of .Podolia,, m ‘of, person 8, had. their,
were driven to, prison in herds at the poin'
before the infuriated peasantry. So ‘erful i the sufferings | of.
all thatthe survivors could only envy those whom death had plaged’| m
beyond the brutality of” th vr tucking the eyes out of
some, the peasants poured ¥ Wine jnto the bléed~'
ing sockets, and then set fire, to “tet, Stners they took and scalped,
‘andy folding the skin’ down dover the’ ‘eyes and nose, left their victims
exposed to the broiling sun. An eyé-witness Of ‘the entrance of the
train of prisoners into Zitomir, himeelf half a Russian, and edu—
ore. htel coe me that he should ever forget to
cle, adding, ‘On v4
honour, [ dou't be ieve erat hick Ulineelt puffer ed ro
miserable creatures,” | This grntloman had, been | up to "thet fine, full |
his testitnony is all the more
0. ight that the Topes cut tha Acad |
almost. to the bones. with their ly, Jn ilated a
bodies goyered with zapin 1g wounds," 0 the umber of ¢ 200, « on,
ON
ers
noses, ears, and lips ent off, and they itd through the cheeks, J
goads and pitchforks !
proper place inthe European concert.() lhe Prussian
eninsyla which, lasted eight centurigs, y hree rt
ly i aed ‘of one ‘province, any creel
nation; but the groumid for this mighty change thad been 6,7
beforehand; the egg of Italign nationality pad long been ae
French war only hatched it) @ 7100 &
“Phe Schleswig>Holstein war waa, also, ‘el 1y: the vvdeast
development of.'thé: German f‘ idea,” whatever that in:
are two, or three, or-more principles atlworkilin this co
striving for the mastéry, each fastening’ on, Sehlewg la
means tothe @nds.bub hhatvthat end is to be, what the yt «
ation and.each individual; German ireallyi wants, His tnot ol ri
will at least take-mé no. little time.and tfoubleto make j toute
own satisfaction, AloT sind e "
In the old Germati empirethe limbs tee outgrdwn the bo |
the present: Confederation the limbs aré all in.all, thé tt he
lon for
ay te 2
is. | wherg.9i1The, Conféderacy-rcortsints,norinally, "of. 3 :
1) really of three, great opaten ba 1d There i eis: Prussia, fe ts al
there are all the ‘other. fates pe here.;The bi
these three Germanies is al
“no strength of its own e
bitty. 43 ‘to find’ a’ eal ‘Head and. Kent
for what is improperly called the, ‘t Bun
a matter of courpey goto Mori in ‘aileees
Jigr ygim and dri ol each of ‘théin. was ye
‘aa in this natter of Schleswig- Tiolstel ii,
he war for the conquest oe ‘liberation’ of Sette 2
was undertaken upon the impulse of ehh is? Ygenevily Call ty
Democratic or Federal, and what I should call the “ Guelph,” .
men ben ppon Biying ‘the Frankfort Diet the utmpst, anthority au |
to enable it to screen the minor ;Stgtes) from the overerg
gcroachments of “the ‘two great F Powers. _ This party profess loiy
ninently national and Jiberal hey. .are hostile ‘to ‘Auta .,
aeeount of thé obfigations ‘im upon her by’ her'not-Gema "
posséssiona, ahd they.'are ho Jess unfriohdlyto Prusdia on adcouy of
the repeated disappointments ito, which ghe doomed the mostiin
guinohnatignpl popes, and on, eronne ah we seeedonay? courselatly
Parsued by her Government. -
He vite 1. however, “there. ji a
sii a lon, ipie the den € (I erthan aspiration, ax
there is s i ‘an th aot ox a oe ee cane ;
patty, who think that, Prussia by, her com paratively wwomiged
hatiogalltys ‘by het military strength and’ sociat development, ought
to entist the sympathies f ‘all practical patrists,’ When the Govern, |
ments of Prusst: ria resolved updit taking the Schlesrig !
Holstein war ipo thonvelves this party saw in that tesolution ty
triumph of: 'their’¢atse; and their elation‘ and éxiltation were pe :
portionate to the depression and hiwniliation of their hdversaries ‘
“Austria and Pritsit’have now hold of the: Duchies$ they reser
to themselves the right to dispose of them, they bavé "taken si
fost opportune measures for Prolonging, Tor; in’ dase of ‘need, Pe
petuating” their “oceupation!” They’ «will riot, If. they ‘can’ help
withdtaw’ from thet till they liave? ‘madé them ‘the instrament fy
enforcing their own political views throughout Germans.
Although the hrover of “all thoaghe | ia Getmany! ‘as in’ Italy is
national unity, it must not be’suppostd’ thét ‘Germany’ is ‘Italy, of
anything~like! Italy; ori that Prussia evér could succeed, or stutld
ever aspire, to take up.in German, polities the patt played by Pied
mont in Italian affairé.s.iThe Sardinians have their own ‘notions of
unity. -aé swell«as cof freedom, and... shall.make it a point to givt
theircviewsion such subjects in my:following letters, |For !the ‘pre
sent be it sufficient to suy, that the Germans wild wish to be atthe
same time conservative, and zevolixtionsry.t they: would, like merb
children,:eut their cake and keep it.The most! "ede Ghibelires
ate.striving not for the sovereignt bu wut merely for tlie Tegemoned
Prussia over the-minor Statesi They. would not, even if they had
the power, drive out the King, Electors and Dukes; they would
| only reduce them to, the condit Hepa Feietanti ot
would, tpodiatize” them.,, asf ot, :
“Any 0 one may, see how, r¢ hese hinsigies bo dl
tion in the settlement of the Sch! eswig-Lfolstein question, To aiads
cast in, the common Eurppean mould,the pure annexation pf all thi
newly- -acqyited ; territory to Prussia would geem the most desirable
consummation.” By the accession of, the. Duchies to her Monarchy,
Boule would became a first-rate’ maritime no less than Continental
a, dependent upon her’ Northern’ ally for het yey,
eaten ‘Voletia ‘add Hungary, would withdraw, from, all com,
petition in Germany, and the ascendancy of ‘thé Prussian power ld
the latter country, would he’sd great, as to give hen wa through het
the-German* nation; ‘aif the” weight and i fa Brest cope
E
9 getting, over the fact ‘tbat
crn een
ich are not, however, - the calcula German, states
The. actual ‘diteet dominion of Prussia’ ns of Germi, t
y, at the present state ‘of affairs, !appear an unattainable object
Tha vote of the’people of the Duchies far ‘the Prince ‘of Angi
burg may. net be summarily. sct aside. Toestablish » Duke ‘at Ke '
may not} be-the most possitle arrangement ; all depenis on
terms upori which he is allowed to ascend . the throne, ( He ney ‘te
‘placed in. the‘ condition of. mere Royal Lieutenant, charged wi
the internal administration of the new Staté, »but allowing Pratl
the whole management of the land and sea forces, and the con ie
of all diplonrati¢; aMpir& Lhe new Duke would thus becom i
beau-ideal of a. mediatived Prince, the. type e and irene of NA
ever, rman. prince, ought fo be ii in ithe oj iuior Sree seg
a agama ee tan TT cpt ig mildht, ine ek ie ee
German mind.’ ’ Vistoris of ‘military’ glory’ tna Hi
aspiration to national -gtrength ;and compactness 5
a greatness
the longing ft
ny Goveruiment
ies ; but the
‘ae, indeed,,. indisposed many. by, its Jiberticide tendenci “| forich
foot or strapped to jolting carts sthe unfortunate Pl
Ipyed thirty, miles, "exposed the. bi
bxample of the sacrifice of internal tegen for the sake
J ton