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sugar, tobacco, silks, linen, cotton, &c., besides which there are
flourishing iron-works and a busy export trade in iron and steel, oats,
and tar, despite the hindrance caused by the ice during three or four
months in winter; founded in 1255 by Birger Jarl.

STOCKMAR, BARON DE, statesman, born at Coburg; bred to medicine,
became physician to Leopold I. of Belgium, and at length his adviser; was
adviser also of Queen Victoria before her accession; accompanied Prince
Albert to Italy before his marriage, and joined him thereafter in England
as the trusted friend of both the queen and him; he had two political
ideals--a united Germany under Prussia, and unity of purpose between
Germany and England (1757-1863).

STOCKPORT (70), a cotton town of East Cheshire; occupies a site on
the slopes of a narrow gorge overlooking the confluence of the Thame and
Goyt (forming the Mersey), 37 m. E. of Liverpool; a handsome viaduct
spans the river; has an old grammar-school, free library, technical
school, &c.; during the present century has grown to be a busy centre of
cotton manufactures, and has besides flourishing iron and brass
foundries, machine-shops, breweries, &c.

STOCKTON-ON-TEES (69), a prosperous manufacturing town and port of
Durham, on the Tees, 4 m. from its mouth; an iron bridge spanning the
river connects it with Thornaby-on-Tees; has the usual public buildings;
steel and iron shipbuilding building, potteries, foundries, machine-shops
are flourishing industries; iron and earthenware are the chief exports,
and with imports of corn and timber give rise to a busy and increasing
shipping, facilitated by the excellent river-way.

STOICS, the disciples of Zeno; derived their name from the _stoa_ or
portico in Athens where their master taught and founded the school in 340
B.C. The doctrines of the school were completely antagonistic to those
of Epicurus, and among the disciples of it are to be reckoned some of the
noblest spirits of the heathen world immediately before and after the
advent of Christ. These appear to have been attracted to it by the
character of its moral teachings, which were of a high order indeed. The
principle of morality was defined to be conformity to reason, and the
duty of man to lie in the subdual of all passion and a composed
submission to the will of the gods. It came short of Christian morality,
as indeed all Greek philosophy did, in not recognising the Divine
significance and powe