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  • 111Agrarianism — • Theories and movements intended to benefit the poorer classes of society by dealing in some way with the ownership of land or the legal obligations of the cultivators Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Agrarianism     Agrarian …

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  • 112Chovot HaLevavot — or Ḥovot HaLebabot, (Hebrew: חובות הלבבות, English: Duties of the Heart), is the primary work of the Jewish philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda, full name Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda. Ibn Paquda was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who seemly lived in… …

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  • 113Leopold von Ranke — (December 21, 1795 – May 23, 1886) was a German historian of the 19th century, and frequently considered one of the founders of modern source based history. Ranke set the tone for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as… …

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  • 114Dorothy Molter — The Dorothy Molter cabin in Ely Dorothy Louise Molter (May 6, 1907 in Arnold, Pennsylvania December 1986), lived for 56 years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota. She was known as Knife Lake Dorothy or as the Root Beer …

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  • 115Nicolas Poussin —     Nicolas Poussin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Nicolas Poussin     French painter, b. at Les Andelys near Rouen in 1594; d. at Rome, 19 November, 1666. His early history is obscure; his father had been a soldier, his mother was a peasant. In… …

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  • 116Icaria — For the utopian place, see Étienne Cabet. For the steamship, see SS Ikaria. Ikaria Ικαρία View of Agios Kirykos, Ikaria s capital …

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  • 117Carey Mission — The Carey Mission was established by Baptist missionary Isaac McCoy among the Potawatomi tribe of American Indians on the St. Joseph River near Niles, Michigan, USA in December, 1822. It was named for William Carey, a noted English Baptist… …

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  • 118Alexander Emanuel Agassiz — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander Emanuel Agassiz image width = 200px birth date = birth date|1835|12|17|df=yes birth place = New York City, New York, USA death date = death date and age|1910|03|27|1835|12|17|df=yes death place = at sea aboard… …

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  • 119The Princess of the Stars — is an experimental opera or music drama by the Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. The opera is notable because it must be performed around and on a lake, preferably as far from civilization as possible. The opera was premiered on a small lake… …

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  • 120Into the Wild (film) — Infobox Film name = Into the Wild caption = Promotional film poster director = Sean Penn producer = Sean Penn Art Linson writer = Jon Krakauer (book) Sean Penn (screenplay) starring = Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone… …

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