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71Jaurès, Jean — ▪ French politician born Sept. 3, 1859, Castres, Fr. died July 31, 1914, Paris French socialist leader, cofounder of the newspaper L Humanité, and member of the French Chamber of Deputies (1885–89, 1893–98, 1902–14); he achieved the unification… …
72Marmaduke Stone — Marmaduke Stone † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Marmaduke Stone Jesuit, b. at Draycot, 28 Nov., 1748; d. at St. Helens, 22 Aug., 1834. He was educated at St. Omers, shared in its historic exodus to Bruges, 10 17 August, 1762 (see SAINT OMER …
73Marquis de Pombal — Marquis de Pombal † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Marquis de Pombal SEBASTIâO JOSÉ DE CARVALHO E MELLO The son of a country gentleman of modest means, b. in Lisbon, 13 May, 1699; d. 8 August, 1782. He was said to have been educated at… …
74St. Alphonsus Liguori — St. Alphonsus Liguori † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Alphonsus Liguori Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de Pagani, 1 August, 1787. The eighteenth century was not an age remarkable for depth of… …
75Toribio de Benavente Motolinia — Toribio de Benavente Motolinia † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Toribio de Benavente Motolinia Franciscan missionary, b. at Benavente, Spain, at the end of the fifteenth century; d. in the City of Mexico, 10 August, 1568. He was one of the… …
76BARKER, Frederic (1808-1882) — second Anglican bishop of Sydney son of the Rev. John Barker, was born at Baslow, Derbyshire, England, on 17 March 1808. He was educated at Grantham school and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. He was ordained in 1832, and placed… …
77McKAY, Hugh Victor (1865-1926) — inventor of the Sunshine harvester was born at Raywood, Victoria, on 21 August 1865. He was the fifth of the 12 children of Nathaniel McKay who had been a stonemason and then a miner, before becoming a small farmer about the end of 1865. He built …
78patience — I (composure) noun acceptance, calm, composure, condonation, ease, equanimity, even temper, forbearance, forgiveness, imperturbability, indulgence, lenience, leniency, longanimity, moderation, passiveness, passivity, placidity, poise, refusal to… …
79Ussishkin, Menachem Mendel — (1863–1941) Zionist leader. Ussishkin’s burly frame, brusque manner and tenacity of purpose made him a commanding figure among the early Russian Zionists. WEIZMANN wrote of him that ‘his bearing suggested a mixture of a Turkish pasha and a… …
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80constancy — n. 1. Stability, immutability, unchangeableness, permanence. 2. Uniformity, regularity. 3. Inflexibility, steadiness, steadfastness, firmness, resolution, determination, decision, tenacity of purpose. 4. Fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, truth,… …
