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The Greek goddess of love and beauty, wife of Hephaestos and mother of Cupid; sprung from sea-foam; as queen of beauty had the golden apple awarded her by Paris, and possessed the power of conferring beauty, by means of her magic girdle, the cestus, on others.
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The hair-narrow hell-bridge of the Moslem, which every Mohammedan must pass to enter Paradise.
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The heart of certain tropical trees, which yields a fragrant resinous substance and admits of high polish.
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The heat produced by the chemical changes which go on in the animal system, the intensity depending on the activity of the process.
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The Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Jews, the very type of an Eastern pastoral chief at once by his dignified character and simple faith.
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The highest peak of the Andes, about 100 m. NE. of Valparaiso, 22,867 ft. high; recently ascended by a Swiss and a Scotchman, attendants of Fitzgerald's party.
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