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  • 71Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson — Horatio Nelson and Lord Nelson redirect here. For other uses, see Horatio Nelson (disambiguation) and Lord Nelson (disambiguation). Vice Admiral The Right Honourable The Viscount Nelson KB …

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  • 72Denmark — • History includes politics, religion, literary, and art Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Denmark     Denmark     † …

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  • 73barren — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infertile, unprofitable, unproductive; sterile; stark, bare. See uselessness.Ant., fertile. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Incapable of producing young] Syn. sterile, impotent, infertile, childless; see …

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  • 74abortive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vain, failing, fruitless; see futile 1 . See Synonym Study at futile . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unsuccessful, fruitless, futile, useless, vain, unproductive, ineffectual, failing. ANT.: successful, fruitful,… …

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  • 75Apostasy in Christianity — Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss. Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve Apostles, became an apostate.[1] Apostasy in Christianity refers to the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian. The term apostasy comes from the Greek… …

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  • 76Vanities — Vanity Van i*ty, n.; pl. {Vanities}. [OE. vanite, vanit[ e], L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See {Vain}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness;… …

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  • 77Vanity — Van i*ty, n.; pl. {Vanities}. [OE. vanite, vanit[ e], L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See {Vain}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.… …

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  • 78Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born June 29, 1798(1798 06 29) Recanat …

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  • 79Conditional preservation of the saints — The Five Articles of Remonstrance Conditional election Unlimited atonement Total depravity …

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  • 80Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …

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