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  • 51American literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States.       Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …

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  • 52English Literature — • Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish literatures are a few of the influences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. English Literature     English Literature      …

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  • 53Rhodes — • A titular metropolitan of the Cyclades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rhodes     Rhodes     † …

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  • 54Vermont — • One of the New England states Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vermont     Vermont     † …

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  • 55Juan Carvajal —     Juan Carvajal (Carvagial)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Juan Carvajal (Carvagial)     Cardinal; b. about 1400 at Truxillo in Estremadura, Spain; d. at Rome, 6 December, 1469. Little is known of his early youth, except that he made much… …

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  • 56BANCROFT, Joseph (1836-1894) — scientist was born at Manchester in 1836. He studied medicine and took his medical degree at St Andrews university in 1859 and later became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He practised at Nottingham until 1864, but finding the English… …

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  • 57O'DOHERTY, Kevin Izod (1823-1905) — politician and public man was born in Dublin on 7 September 1823. (Dict.Nat.Biog.) Other authorities state that he was born in June 1824 and Duffy (q.v.), in his My Life in Two Hemispheres, states that O Doherty was still under age when he was… …

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  • 58Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …

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  • 59MADRAS —    (35,630), one of the three Indian Presidencies, occupies the S. and E. of the peninsula, and is one half as large again as Great Britain; the chief mountains are the Ghâts, from which flow SE. the Godavari, Kistna, and Kavari Rivers, which, by …

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  • 60MARYLAND —    (1,042), a State of the American Union, occupying the basin of the Potomac and of Chesapeake Bay, with Pennsylvania on the N., Delaware on the E., and the Virginias on the W. and S.; has a much indented coast line affording great facilities… …

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