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  • 31Calvin Coolidge: The Destiny of America — ▪ Primary Source              Calvin Coolidge was a Vermont Yankee, thrifty, conservative, almost puritanical in his zeal for the old fashioned virtues. Vice President under Harding, Coolidge gave a Memorial Day Address in 1923, the simple,… …

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  • 32Thomas Jefferson: On the Need for a Little Rebellion Now and Then — ▪ Primary Source              Shays s Rebellion prompted Thomas Jefferson to say that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing for a country. Rather than being alarmed by the rebellion, Jefferson saw some justification in it. He believed… …

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  • 33Theodore Roosevelt: Controlling the Trusts — ▪ Primary Source       Theodore Roosevelt s ability to coin the right phrases and to grasp the essence of the public mood made him one of the most popular and effective presidents of this century. Known in the history books as the trustbuster,… …

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  • 34Assemblies of the French Clergy — • Meetings of the Clergy of France for the purpose of apportioning the financial burdens laid upon the Church by the kings of France, and incidentally for other ecclesiastical purposes Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Assemblies of the… …

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  • 35Catholic Indian Missions of the United States —     Catholic Indian Missions of the United States     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Catholic Indian Missions of the United States     The spiritual welfare of the native tribes of America was a subject of deep concern to the Governments of Catholic… …

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  • 36France in the long nineteenth century — History of France …

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  • 37Descartes: metaphysics and the philosophy of mind — John Cottingham THE CARTESIAN PROJECT Descartes is rightly regarded as one of the inaugurators of the modern age, and there is no doubt that his thought profoundly altered the course of Western philosophy. In no area has this influence been more… …

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  • 38Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …

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  • 39Inspiration of the Bible — • Covered in four sections, I. Belief in Inspired books; II. Nature of Inspiration; III. Extent of Inspiration; IV. Protestant Views on the Inspiration of the Bible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inspiration of the Bible      …

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  • 40To the face — To To (?, emphatic or alone, ?, obscure or unemphatic), prep. [AS. t[=o]; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=o], D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, z[=o], Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. do, du, as in endo, indu, in, Gr. ?, as in ? homeward. [root]200. Cf. {Too} …

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