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  • 131Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de — ▪ French political philosopher Introduction born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France died February 10, 1755, Paris       French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to… …

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  • 132Sherman, James — ▪ vice president of United States born Oct. 24, 1855, Utica, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 30, 1912, Utica  27th vice president of the United States (1909–12) in the Republican administration of President William Howard Taft (Taft, William Howard).… …

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