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Centinel: Centinel XI

Centinel XIThe Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissentions Among the StatesCentinel16 January 1788by CentinelSee also Federalist No. 6The evils of anarchy have been portrayed with all the imagery…

Brewer's: Coat

Cut your coat according to your cloth. Curtail your expenses to the amount of your income; live within your means. Si non possis quod velis, velis id quod possis. Near is my coat, but…

Brewer's: Douglas

The tutelary saint of the house of Douglas is St. Bridget. According to tradition, a Scottish king in 770, whose ranks had been broken by the fierce onset of the Lord of the Isles saw, the…

Judaism

Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. It affirms the existence of one God, Yahweh, who entered into covenant with the descendants of Abraham, God's chosen people. Judaism's holy writings…

Esther: 4

Esther Chapter 4 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a…

Ezra: 9

Ezra Chapter 9 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the…

Peter, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Peter, Saint, d. a.d. 64?, most prominent of the Twelve Apostles, listed first in the Gospels, and traditionally the first bishop of Rome. His original name was Simon, but Jesus gave…

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

Source:Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Lincoln first proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in October 1863. Related Links Turkey Day Quiz Thanksgiving History…