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  • 81Pope St. Leo I (The Great) —     Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     (Reigned 440 61).     Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant… …

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  • 82Sophonias (Zephaniah) —     Sophonias (Zephaniah)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sophonias (Zephaniah)     The ninth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Canon of the Old Testament; preached and wrote in the second half of the seventh century B.C. He was a contemporary… …

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  • 83St. Rupert —     St. Rupert     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Rupert     (Alternative forms, RUPRECHT, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert, Ruprecht).     First Bishop of Salzburg, contemporary of Childebert III, king of the Franks (695 711),… …

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  • 84BRISBANE, Sir Thomas Makdougall (1773-1860) — governor of New South Wales, and astronomer was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on 23 July 1773. His father, Sir Thomas Brisbane, Bart., fought at Culloden, his mother was Eleonora, daughter of Sir William Bruce, Bart. He was educated by tutors and… …

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  • 85GREENWAY, Francis Howard (c. 1777-1837) — architect was born about 1777. Little is known of his education or early life. He was practising as an architect of some eminence at the beginning of the nineteenth century in Bristol and Bath, but in 1811 was made insolvent. In 1812 he was in… …

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  • 86YOUNG, Sir Walter James (1872-1940) — business man son of John Young, pastoralist, was born at Moonta, South Australia, on 2 April 1872. He was educated at Whinham College and obtained a position with Elder Smith and Company at Adelaide in 1897. His energy and ability soon marked him …

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  • 87calculating — a. 1. Scheming, crafty, cool, hard, self considering, selfish. 2. Wary, cautious, careful, guarded, circumspect, far sighted, far seeing, sagacious …

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  • 88long-sighted — a. 1. Far sighted. 2. Sagacious, far seeing, discerning …

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  • 89long — I. a. 1. Lengthy, drawn out. 2. Protracted, prolonged, lengthy. 3. Extended, in extent. 4. Long winded, spun out, long spun, tedious, prolix, diffuse. 5. Lingering, longing. 6. Far seeing, far reaching, extensive. 7. Slow, dilato …

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  • 90justice — justice, equity are comparable primarily in their legal uses and when they denote the act, practice, or obligation of giving or rendering to a person or thing what is his or its due (as in conformity with right, truth, or the dictates of reason) …

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