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Qtiinoline

the essence of religion in the quiet, passive
contemplation of the i)ivine. The name
Quietism seems to have been first applied to
the tenets of the Spaniard, Molinos, whose
Spirit mil Guide influenced Francois cle la
Combe, the instructor of Madame Guyon,
whose quietistic views gained many adherents
in Switzerland, Savoy, and Piedmont. The
Quielists were orthodox Catholics but felt no
need for the mediation of the church after
they bad attained a perfect communion with
(Sod.

Quills, in popular language, the large
feathers from the wings of birds that were
formerly cut into writing-pens. Strictly speak-
ing, the (juill is the lower hollow portion of
Mich large feathers.

Quimpor, town, France, capital of the de-
partment of Finistere; 33 m. s.e. of Brest. It
is a typical Breton fishing town, with a
Gothic cathedral. The town is famous for its
pottery made in Lcvmaria, a suburb; p. 21,-
ooo.

Quince (Cytlonia rw/tfrtrw), a fruit, native
to North Persia and Anatolia, now as widely
grown as apples, and under like climatic con-
ditions. It is a harsh acid fruit, of little value
as an edible fruit but excellent for canning.

Quincy, city, Massachusetts, Norfolk co.,
8l-J m. s.e. of Boston, Quincy is one of the
oldest towns of the State and is filled with ob-
jects of historic interest. The First Congrega-
tional Church is the resting place of the re-
mains of John Adams and John Quincy Ad-
ams, natives of Quincy, at that time included
in Hraintree. The, house in which the former
was born, built in 1681, is still standing, as
well as the birthplace of the latter, erected
in 1761. A bronze tablet on Adams Academy
marks the site of the house in which John
Hancock was born. The industries include
the quarrying and manufacturing of the
famous Quincy granite, and ship-building at
the Fore River Yards.

The first settlement here was made in 1625.
The place w;is known us Mount Wollaston,
but formed part of Braintree, until incorp-
orated as a town in 1792, It was named for
Colonel John Quincy. It was the scene, in its
early days, of the merrymaking and other
activities of Thomas Morton, which gave
such scandal to the people of the Massachu-
setts Bay and Plymouth colonies; p, 75,8.10.

Quincy, Edmund (1808-77), American
author, a son of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864).
He tjecame an ardent abolitionist. Among his
works are Wensley, a Story without a Moral
(1854); Life of Josiah Quincy (1867),

Quincy, Josiah (1744-75), American law-
yer and patriot. He is remembered for having
defended, with John Adams (1770), the
British soldiers implicated in the Boston Mas-
sacre. Both as an orator and as a writer, his
influence upon his times was great. His
Reports of the Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts Bay was edited by S. M. Quincy (1865),
and there is a Memoir by his son, Josiah (2d

. 1875).

Quincy, Josiah (1772-1864), American
lawyer and orator, son of Josiah Quincy
(1744-75). He was elected as a Federalist
to the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth
sessions of Congress (1806-13). He was a
member of the State senate, and State house
of representatives. He was a delegate to the
Constitutional Convention of 1820, and he
was mayor of Boston in 1823-29, and presi-
dent of Harvard College in 1829-45. He pub-
lished a Memoir of Josiah Quincy, of Mass-
urhusrtts (1825-1875), History of Harvard
University (2 vols. 1870), Life of John Quincy
Adams (1858), et<* There is a Life (1867) by
his son, Edmund

Quinet, Edig^r (1803-75), French man of
letters. Among his principal works are Prom-
elhec, (1838), Les Esdaves (1853), and Mer-
lin I'Enchanteur (1860), poems; Les Revolu-
tions d'Italic (1848-52) and La Revolution
(1865), both historical works; and La Genie
des Religions (1842) and La Criation (1870).
His (Enures Completes appeared in 28 vols.
in 1877-9. Consult Heath's Edgar Quinett his
Early Life and Writings.

Quinine, CaiHatNaOa+jHaO, an alkaloid
extracted from cinchona bark, with the other
alkaloids present, by treating a mixture of the
powdered bark and lime with a solvent, such
as alcohol or light petroleum. After purifica-
tion by ^solution in weak acids and precipita-
tion, the quinine is separated by conversion
into sulphate and by crystallization, and forms
silky, needle-like crystals with an intensely
bitter taste. Quinine is used chiefly in malaria,
acting upon the malarial parasites as a proto-
plasmic poison (see MAI-ARIA) .

Quinnat (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha),
the most valuable of the salmon of the Pa-
cific Coast, It is the principal species of the
Columbia and Sacramento Rivers.

Quinoa, a plant (Chenopodium guinea)
cultivated in Peru and Chile for its edible
seeds, which are roasted like coffee, and used
in the preparation of a decoction known as
carapulque.

Quinoline, Leukol, or Leukoltne,
a basic compound of double ring