CHANGES, interior, take place by degrees, 89.-- Most rapid and observable amongst the Romans, 91.
CHARLEMAGNE, from the fall of the Roman empire till his time, nothing like wealth or power, 44.-- Paved the way for civilizing and enriching the north of Europe, 45.
CHARTS, description and explanation of, illustrating the rise and fall of nations, 78, 79, 80.-- Statistical explanation of, 190.-- Of commerce, exports and imports, 213.-- Of revenue and debts, 214.
CHILDREN. See Education.
CHRISTIAN religion most favourable to industry, 263, 264, 265, 267.
COMMERCE, progress slow in feudal times, 3.-- Changed its abode when the magnet rendered navigating the ocean practicable, 4.-- Commercial wealth degrades a nation less than wealth obtained by conquests, 33.-- Commercial spirit, its operation on national character, 37.-- Commerce with India, the only one in the ancient world, 51.-- How carried on, 52.-- Its vicissitudes, the envy it created, quarrels and revolutions it occasioned, 53 to 59.-- Of Britain during the last fifteen years; the increase great, but not arising from any permanent cause, 193.-- Its dependence on credit, 201.
CONSTANTINOPLE shares in the trade of India, 56.-- Revolution occasioned partly by the contests about that commerce, 57.-- Sunk before the discovery of America, by the conquest of the eastern Empire by the Turks, 68.
CONSUMPTION of food regulates the population of a country, 140.-- Its nature and tendency in northern nations, 141, 142, 143.-- Requires attention from government, 146.
CONQUEST first altered the natural state of the world, 2.-- Its first effect to lessen taxes, 35.-- Ultimately degrades a nation, ib.
CONDUCT in life. See Education.