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101Lincoln's first inaugural address — On Monday, March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was formally sworn in as the sixteenth President of the United States. As seven states had seceded from the United States by this time and formed the Confederate States of America (the new flag of the CSA …
102Romances sans paroles (Mendelssohn) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Romances sans paroles. Romances sans paroles (Lieder ohne Worte, en allemand et Songs without Words, en anglais) est une série de huit livrets musicaux écrits par Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, comprenant chacun… …
103Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
104Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1861 In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States… …
105Eastern Monasticism — Eastern Monasticism † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eastern Monasticism (1) Origin The first home of Christian monasticism is the Egyptian desert. Hither during persecution men fled the world and the danger of apostasy, to serve God in… …
106Francois Fenelon — François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon A celebrated French bishop and author, b. in the Château de Fénelon in Périgord (Dordogne), 6 August, 1651; d. at Cambrai, 7… …
107The Byzantine Empire — The Byzantine Empire † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Byzantine Empire The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at …
108The Incarnation — The Incarnation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Incarnation I. The Fact of the Incarnation (1) The Divine Person of Jesus Christ A. Old Testament Proofs B. New Testament Proofs C. Witness of Tradition (2) The Human… …
109GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …
110motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
