[473] Gabriel. One of the seven archangels. The Hebrew name means "God is my strong one."
[474] Uriel. Another of the seven archangels; the name means "Light of God."
[475] Converts all trees to wind-harps. Compare with this passage the lines in Emerson's poem, Woodnotes:
"And the countless leaves of the pines are strings
Tuned to the lay the wood-god sings."
[476] The village. Concord, Massachusetts. Emerson's home the greater part of the time from 1832 till his death.
[477] I go with my friend, etc. With Henry Thoreau, the lover of Nature.
[478] Our little river. The Concord river.
[479] Novitiate and probation. Explain the meaning of these words, in the Roman Catholic Church. What does Emerson mean by them here?
[480] Villegiatura. The Italian name for a season spent in country pleasures.
[481] Hanging gardens. The hanging gardens of Babylon were one of the seven wonders of the world.