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51Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland: Controversy Over Hawaii — ▪ Primary Source President Benjamin Harrison s policy of overseas expansion in search of foreign markets coincided with the desire of the white businessmen of Hawaii for annexation by the United States. Annexation would provide stable… …
52Huguenots — • An extensive history of this French Protestant tradition Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Huguenots Huguenots † …
53Augustin Bonnetty — Augustin Bonnetty † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Augustin Bonnetty A French writer, b. at Entrevaux (dept. of Basses Alpes) 9 May, 1798, d. at Paris, 26 March, 1879. In 1815 he entered the seminary at Digne and studied for the priesthood.… …
54acquiescence — noun /ˈæk.wiːˌɛs.əns/ a) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. b) Submission… …
55Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …
56receive — receive, accept, admit, take can all mean to permit to come into one s possession, presence, group, mind, or substance. They are seldom interchangeable except within a narrow range and, even then, rarely without modification of the thought… …
57silent — si•lent [[t]ˈsaɪ lənt[/t]] adj. 1) making no sound; quiet; still 2) refraining from speech 3) speechless; mute 4) not inclined to speak 5) characterized by absence of speech or sound: silent prayers[/ex] 6) unspoken; tacit: a silent assent[/ex]… …
58silent — /ˈsaɪlənt/ (say suyluhnt) adjective 1. making no sound; quiet; still. 2. refraining from speech. 3. speechless; mute. 4. taciturn; reticent. 5. characterised by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer; a silent film. 6. tacit: a silent assent …
59admissions — Confessions, concessions or voluntary acknowledgments made by a party of the existence of certain facts. More accurately regarded, they are statements by a party, or some one identified with him in legal interest, of the existence of a fact which …
60admissions — Confessions, concessions or voluntary acknowledgments made by a party of the existence of certain facts. More accurately regarded, they are statements by a party, or some one identified with him in legal interest, of the existence of a fact which …
