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LEFT LE GALLIllNNE 448 LEGISLATUBE starbilizing forces which will help to hold together the constituent elements of the community of the state. In his great work, "Democracy in America," De Tocqueville pointed out the fact that the legal profession was a counterpoise to the radicalism of democracy. ^ In con- serving such results the American sys- tem of legal education, therefore, occu- pies the highest place. Legal education, as conducted in the law school, represents one of the most important contributions made by Amer- ica to modern civilization. Such a recog- nition is commonly accredited to it throughout the English-speaking world. LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD, an English author; born in Liverpool, Eng- land, Jan. 20, 1866. He was educated at Liverpool College. He served articles to a firm of chartered accountants for seven years; abandoned business for literature, and become literary critic for the "Star." He published "Volumes in Folio" (1888) ; "George Meredith" (1890) ; "The Book- Bills of Narcissus" (1891); "English Poems" (1892) ; "The Religion of a Lit- erary Man" (1893) ; "Prose Fancies" (1894) ; "Robert Louis Stevenson and other Poems" (1895) ; "Retrospective Reviews" (1896); "The Quest of the Golden Girl" (1896); "If I were God" (1897). He edited "The Compleat An- gler," and a verse translation of Omar Khayyam. "The Romance of Zion Chapel" (1898); "Little Dinners with the Sphinx" (1909) ; "Vanishing Roads" (1915), etc. LEGHORN, a walled city and seaport of Italy on the Mediterranean Sea. Leg- horn ha:., an outer and inner harbor and a good roadstead. A lighthouse, 170 feet above sea-level, commands the harbor. Among the chief articles of manufactur- ing industry are woolen caps, straw hats, glass, paper, soap, starch, rope, leather, etc. Shipbuilding is extensively engaged in. It has besides a large export and import trade. Leghorn was made a free port about the middle of the 16th cen- tury, and owes much of its eminence and prosperity to the fostering care of the Medici family and the subsequent rulers of Tuscany. Pop. about 110,000. LEGHORN, a kind of plait of the straw of bearded wheat cut green and bleached, and used for bonnets and hats. It derives its name from being imported from Leghorn. (A hat made of the plait described is called a Leghorn.) The kind of wheat in question is about 18 inches high. It is grown on poor sandy soil on the banks of the Arno, between Leghorn and Florence, expressly for manufacture into hats. LEGION, a division of the ancient Roman army, consisting of a number of men varying at different periods from 2,000 to 6,000. Originally the legion was divided into 15 companies (manipuli), each of which contained 60 rank and file, two officers — called centurions — and one standard-bearer {vexillarius) . After- ward it was divided into 10 cohorts, each cohort into three companies (manipuli), and each company into two centuries. LEGION, AMERICAN. See Amer- ican Legion. LEGION OF HONOR, a French order of merit founded by Napoleon I., when first consul, as a reward for services or merit, civil or military. It consists of various grades as grand crosses, grand officers, commanders, officers, and legion- CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR aries. For their services in France dur- ing the World War a number of Ameri- can officers, soldiers, and civilians were awarded different grades of this order by the French Government. LEGISLATURE, a word which, when applied to the Federal government, re- fers to the Congress, which is composed of a Senate and a House of Representa- tives. When the States and Territories are referred to it is used to designate the legislative branch of the government, though in the majority of the States the official title is "general assembly," while