WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
\wˈɪli͡əm jˈuːɔːt ɡlˈadstə͡ʊn], \wˈɪliəm jˈuːɔːt ɡlˈadstəʊn], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m j_ˈuː_ɔː_t ɡ_l_ˈa_d_s_t_əʊ_n]\
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A Great English statesman and writer on theological and philological subjects, essayist, and translator from the classics; born in Liverpool, Dec. 29, 1809; died at Hawarden, May 19, 1898. His place in literature has been made enduring by "Juventus Mundi", "Studies in Homer and the Homeric Age", and a large number of essays, rich in thought and clear and weighty in style. His works include: "Church and State"; "Homeric Synchronism"; "Gleanings of Past Years"; a version of Horace; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.