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Great Expectations, Dickens
In what may be Dickens’s best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman—and one day, under sudd... |
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Italy, United
Italy (Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sar... |
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Civil War Timeline
Timeline of the American Civil War year by year overview of events of the war... |
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Timeline of The Civil War
Part of selected Civil War Photographs... |
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The American Civil War
When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates vot... |
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Rudolf Steiner, Founder Anthroposophy
Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright, educator, and social thinker. He is the founder of anthroposophy, "a movement based o... |
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STC Information Design Timeline
The field of information design applies traditional and evolving design principles to the process of translating complex, unorganized, or unstructured data into valuable,... |
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Emancipation Proclamation, USA
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued on S... |
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Claude Debussy
Achille - Claude Debussy is one of the most influential composers who creates a unique and forward-looking style of innovative technical finish and poetic appeal. His wor... |
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Gustav Klimt, Austrian Painter
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. His major works include painti... |
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Theo van Rysselberghe, Painter
Théo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter, was born in Ghent in 1862. He studied art at the Academies in Ghent and Brussels, and in 1881 exhibited for the first time at the... |
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The Lumière Brothers, Pioneer Filmmakers
The Lumière brothers Auguste and Louis, were among the earliest filmmakers. (Appropriately, "lumière" translates as "light" in English.) Their father, Charles Antoine Lum... |
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Man's Place in Nature, Huxley
Darwin said it first, but Huxley said it best. Known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his tenacious and successful defense of evolution by natural selection, biologist T.H. Huxl... |
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The Picnic, Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, Manet
Edouard Manet's submissions to the Salon of 1863, The Picnic among them, were rejected and appeared at the Salon des Refusés. The large canvas became the focus of scandal... |
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The Red Cross, ICRC
The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence. The ICRC has a permanent mandate u... |
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