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121Eliot, George — orig. Mary Ann Evans later Marian Evans born Nov. 22, 1819, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, Eng. died Dec. 22, 1880, London British novelist. Eliot was raised with a strong evangelical piety but broke with religious orthodoxy in her 20s. She worked …
122Pascal, Blaise — born June 19, 1623, Clermont Ferrand, France died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on… …
123Turkish literature — Introduction the body of written works in the Turkish language. The earliest Turkish literature was produced in Mongol controlled Anatolia during the later 13th century. Among the numerous Turkic dynasties of Central Asia, South Asia …
124Étienne Bonnot de Condillac — Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Full name Etienne Bonnot de Condillac Born 30 September 1715 Died 3 August 1780 …
125Nat Hentoff — Born June 10, 1925 (1925 06 10) (age 86) Boston, Massachusetts Nationality American Occupatio …
126Gettysburg Address — For the text of the Gettysburg Address, see Gettysburg Address at Wikisource. Main article: Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln (circled) at Gettysburg, taken about noon, just after… …
127Half-elven — In J. R. R. Tolkien s fictional universe of Middle earth, the Half elven ( Sindarin singular Peredhil, plural Peredhel, Quenya singular Perelda )), are the children of the union of Elves and Men. Unlike in some other fantasy genres, the Half… …
128Duma Key —   First edition cover …
