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  • 1The Highest Good —     The Highest Good     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Highest Good      We always act with a view to some good. The good is the object which all pursue, and for the sake of which they always act , says Plato (Republic, I, vi). His disciple… …

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  • 2The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …

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  • 3Order of Leopold (Belgium) — Order of Leopold Ordre de Léopold Leopoldsorde Chiang Kai shek s Order of Leopold (Grand Cordon) Awarded by …

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  • 4Order of the White Lion — Star of the first class of order (1922–1961) Awarded by the President of the Czech Republic Type …

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  • 5Transition to the New Order — This article is part of the History of Indonesia series See also: Timeline of Indonesian History Prehistory Early kingdoms …

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  • 6Order of the Garter — Arms of the Order of the Garter Awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom …

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  • 7Order of the Black Eagle — (Schwarzer Adler Orden) Order of the Black Eagle breast star with the motto SUUM CUIQUE (idiomatically, to each according to his merits ) in the medallion s center …

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  • 8Order of St. Januarius — The Illustrious Royal Order of Saint Januarius (Italian: L Insigne Reale Ordine di San Gennaro ) is an order of knighthood bestowed by the head of the Royal House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies. It was the last great dynastic collar order to be… …

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  • 9The Vatican as a Scientific Institute —     The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome.… …

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  • 10The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray — (written by Chris Wooding, published 2001 by Scholastic Books) is a Gothic, steampunk horror/fantasy/alternate history novel about Victorian London overrun by the wych kin, demonic creatures that have rendered the city uninhabitable south of the… …

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