69. Q. What was the political effect of the Reformation? A. To elevate the people to a thirst for liberty, and a higher and purer citizenship.
70. Q. Of what did the Reformation become the mother? A. Of republics.
71. Q. To what does the American Union owe a large measure of its genesis? A. To the European struggle for reform.
72. Q. What was one of not the least benefits conferred upon the world by the Reformation? A. The promotion of learning.
73. Q. What sprang up throughout Germany, as an immediate fruit of the Reformation? A. Universities.
74. Q. By what celebration have the memories of the Reformation been recently renewed? A. By the celebration on November 11, 1883, of the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Luther.
75. Q. How was the day observed? A. With becoming festivities in all the Protestant countries of the world.
II.—TWENTY-FIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON “CHEMISTRY,” FROM PAGE 157 TO THE END OF THE BOOK.
76. Q. What are some of the most important uses of borax? A. In the manufacture of porcelain, and in other of the industrial arts, and as a remedial agency in medicine.
77. Q. In addition to the well known substances sodium and oxygen, what element does borax contain? A. A special and peculiar element, called boron.