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  • the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, ... to disillusion him about the possibility of moral progress. He concluded ...
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  • Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – October 4, 1226) is for many people ... in secular life. He is the patron saint of animals, merchants, Italy, ...
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  • conductor, Rachmaninoff is remembered as one of the true artistic geniuses ... his own works as soloist. He was one of the greatest pianists of his ...
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  • Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ... Though land-linked, the habitable peninsula of Mount Athos is accessible ...
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  • [[Image:protocomicstrip.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Example of a proto-comic ... A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story ...
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  • refers specifically to the aromatic leaves of this plant, which are used ... medicinal use. It is used in a wide variety of dishes, including as a meat ...
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  • Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the ... single-sex education is undergoing a rebirth of popularity. ...
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  • in Ugaritic as Athirat. She was the consort of the chief deity El and the ... a false Canaanite deity and a major source of temptation to the Israelites ...
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  • major U.S. newspapers. The first incarnation of Life was as a humor magazine ... [[Image:Life 1911 09 21 a.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|A cover of the earlier ...
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  • in Latin as Ambrosius, was successful bishop of Milan, who was later recognized ... In the beginning of his life, Ambrose embarked upon a career in law ...
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  • also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Church ... inhabited," and was originally a figure of speech referring to the territory ...
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  • George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI ... from the Indian but he also had a sense of obligation towards the people ...
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  • Landscape Painting depicts the scenery of the European natural world ... was for effect. Tintoretto, Saint Mary of Egypt in Meditation, 1585, ...
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  • perform other tasks such as keeping records of humans' actions, acting ... beings is an ancient and common feature of most world religions, but only ...
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  • The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...
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  • pamphleteer, and, most enduringly, author of what is widely considered the ... blind, Paradise Lost relates the story of the biblical Fall of Man: It ...
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  • The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit ... The Dome of the Rock has a striking presence in the holy city of Jerusalem ...
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  • Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...
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  • Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...
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  • during World War II and the 34th President of the United States. During the ... with the communist Soviet Union. During the height of the ...
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