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  • 32Isaac Thomas Hecker —     Isaac Thomas Hecker     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Isaac Thomas Hecker     Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888. His parents were John Hecker, a native of Wetzlar, and Caroline …

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  • 34shade — Synonyms and related words: Masan, achromatism, adumbration, air, amount, anima, anima humana, apparition, appearance, apply paint, astral, astral spirit, atman, atom, awning, ba, baldacchino, baldachin, banshee, beat, becloud, bedarken, bedaub,… …

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  • 35Dickens, Charles — (1812 1870)    Novelist, b. at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his f. was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The hardships and mortifications of his early life, his want of regular schooling, and his miserable time in the blacking factory, which… …

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