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Mr. Rusein has given an explatiatîôû of tbe meaniiig of the titlo *' Fors Clavigera," as folio wa: *' Thût title means many things, and is în Latin because I could not liave given an Engllsh ono that meant so many. Fbrs is tbe best part of thrce good EngliBà word&— force, fortitudo, and fortune. . , , Clavigera may mean either club-besrer, key-bearer, or nailbearer, * . , Fors the club-bearcri means the strength of Hercules, or of deed ; fors the key-bearer, means the strength of Ulysses, or of patience; fors the naîl*bearer, means the strength of Lycurgus, or of law, Brîefly, the flrst fors is courage, the second patience, the third fortune '*

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