_Author of "Musical Memories," "Standard Operas," etc. Translator of "Memories," "Immensee," etc._ Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, might well have been entitled Charles the Greatest. He was great in war and great in peace--a great conqueror, great law-maker, great scholar, great organizer, great civilizer. He subdued savage nations, introduced learning, extended religion, encouraged the arts and sciences, and established one of the mightiest empires of the olden times. All the races of Germany, of Italy, and of France were welded by him into one great monarchy. He maintained and extended the influence of Christian culture. A large part of his life was spent in the field, and yet he found…
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