When by the progressive enlightenment of the spirit its longings and desires have been gradually conquered, it no longer needs or has embodiment either of soul or of body; so that, to quote Elliott Coues in Olcott's "Buddhist Catechism," "a spirit in a state of conscious formlessness, subject to no further modification by embodiment, yet in full knowledge of its experiences [during its various incarnations], is Nirvanic.

Once back at the hotel, I opened my Coues's Key to refresh my memory as to the exact appearance of that bird.

On the 29th instant, the secretary of the Peace Society convened a meeting of the members of that society, and of other influential gentlemen, including Alden Bradford, late secretary of the State of Massachusetts; Robert Rantoul, an eloquent and prominent member of the legislature, and S.E. Coues, of New Hampshire,[A] to take into consideration the best means of securing permanent international peace.

COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE.

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SEE Coues, William Pearce.

SEE Coues, William Pearce.

William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer, trustees of the L. C. Page Trust (PWH); 17Apr59; R234911.

William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer, trustees of L. C. Page Trust (PWH); 15Jul59; R240862.

COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE & JOSEPHINE L. HARER, trustees of L. C. PAGE TRUST.

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William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer.

COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE, trustee of the L. C. Page Trust.

William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer, trustees of the L. C. Page Trust (PWH); 18Apr62; R294074.

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SEE Coues, William Pearce.

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COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE & JOSEPHINE L. HARER, trustees of the L. C. Page Trust.

William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer, trustees of L. C. Page Trust (PWH); 15Jul59; R240862.

COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE & JOSEPHINE L. HARER, trustees of L. C. PAGE TRUST.

COUES, WILLIAM PEARCE, trustee of the L. C. Page Trust.

William Pearce Coues & Josephine L. Harer, trustees of the L. C. Page Trust (PWH); 18Apr62; R294074.

Title: Citizen Bird Author: Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues Release Date: April 3, 2004

See 11896-h.htm or 11896-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/8/9/11896/11896-h/11896-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/8/9/11896/11896-h.zip) CITIZEN BIRD Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners BY MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AND ELLIOTT COUES With One Hundred and Eleven Illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 1897

[Footnote: He had already served as captain in the army; see Coues' edition of the "History of the Expedition," lxxi.]