NOVALIS
\nə͡ʊvˈɑːliz], \nəʊvˈɑːliz], \n_əʊ_v_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\
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In the civil law. Land that rested a year after the first plowing. Dig. 50, 16, 30, 2. Novatio non praesumitur. Novation is not presumed. Halk. Lat. Max. 109.
By Henry Campbell Black
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pseudonym of Friedrich von Hardenberg. A German philosopher and mystic; born in Saxony, 1772; died 1801. His works include: "Hymns to the Night" (1797); "Disciples at Sais"; and "Heinrich von Ofterdingen", his most considerable work.
By Charles Dudley Warner
