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  • 61La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de — born Nov. 22, 1643, Rouen, France died March 19, 1687, near Brazos River [now in Texas, U.S.] French explorer. In 1666 he left France for North America and was granted land near Montreal. He explored the Ohio River region (1669) and then worked… …

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  • 62Churchill, Sir Winston — ▪ prime minister of United Kingdom Introduction in full  Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill   born Nov. 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Jan. 24, 1965, London  British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister… …

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  • 63Hemingway, Ernest — ▪ American writer in full  Ernest Miller Hemingway  born July 21, 1899, Cicero [now in Oak Park], Illinois, U.S. died July 2, 1961, Ketchum, Idaho  American novelist and short story writer, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was… …

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  • 64La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, sieur (lord) de — ▪ French explorer Introduction born Nov. 22, 1643, Rouen, France died March 19, 1687, near Brazos River [now in Texas, U.S.]   French explorer in North America, who led an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and claimed all the… …

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  • 65Mirbeau, Octave — ▪ French author in full  Octave Henri Marie Mirbeau  born Feb. 16, 1850, Trévières, France died Feb. 16, 1917, Paris       French journalist and writer of novels and plays who unsparingly satirized the clergy and social conditions of his time and …

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  • 66Multatuli — ▪ Dutch author pseudonym of  Eduard Douwes Dekker   born March 2, 1820, Amsterdam, Neth. died Feb. 19, 1887, Nieder Ingelheim, Ger.       one of The Netherlands greatest writers, whose radical ideas and freshness of style eclipsed the mediocre,… …

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  • 67Actual Grace — • A grace that is given for the performance of salutary acts and is present and disappears with the action itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Actual Grace     Actual Grace …

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  • 68Allard, Paul — • Archaeologist and historian (b. 1841) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Allard, Paul     Paul Allard      …

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  • 69Apocrypha — • A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apocrypha     Apocrypha      …

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  • 70German Literature — • History starting with the pre Christian period to 800 A.D Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. German Literature     German Literature      …

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