He expressed his confidence that man can understand God, or essential reality and universal _ _ _ ; he repeatedly avowed his conviction that he had proved his doctrines beyond all question or obscurity; [3 Letters; L _ _]

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It had two functions: to remove the stain of original _ _ _ , and, by this new birth, to formally receive the individual into the Christian fold. [3 Letters; S _ _]

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Some of these, however, like the Duke of Suffolk, she compelled to pay heavy _ _ _ _ _ into the treasury; then, the revenue being so aided, she reduced taxes substantially. [5 Letters; F _ _ _ S]

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It was a clumsy confusion of checks and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in which nearly every command could in time of peace be nullified by an equal and opposite command. [8 Letters; B _ _ _ _ _ _ S]

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From the Greek scales, by simplification, came those of medieval _ _ _ _ _ _ music, and, through these, our own. [6 Letters; C _ _ _ _ H]

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On rereading it in old _ _ _ we are comforted to see that Rousseau (then sixty) could also age and, as the old would like to put it, mature. [3 Letters; A _ _]

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From 955 to 1075 Germany was the most prosperous country in Europe, rivaled only by that northern Italy which had received law and _ _ _ _ _ from German kings. [5 Letters; O _ _ _ R]

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He added to his secretariat Poggio, Flavio Biondo, Leonardo Bruni, and other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ who could negotiate with the Greeks in Greek. [9 Letters; H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S]

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As his rule acquired tradition and prestige he depended less and less upon military _ _ _ _ _ , and contented himself with a standing army of some twenty-five thousand men. [5 Letters; P _ _ _ R]

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Its race of hardy mountaineers came, like the Medes, of Indo-European stock perhaps from South Russia; and its language and early religion reveal its close kinship with those Aryans who crossed Afghanistan to become the ruling _ _ _ _ _ of northern India. [5 Letters; C _ _ _ E]

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Lavater reported that "Goethe told us many _ _ _ _ _ _ about Spinoza and his writings. [6 Letters; T _ _ _ _ S]

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"84 In several of his addresses he explained to them his plan of operations; usually they understood, and bore more patiently the long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that enabled them to surprise or outnumber the foe. [7 Letters; M _ _ _ _ _ S]

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Paris was weary of Paris, of the turmoil and hurry, the confinement and mad competition of _ _ _ _ life; now it idealized the slower pace of the countryside, [4 Letters; C _ _ _]

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The right of a city to lead foraging expeditions upon the persons and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of other cities is accepted by some Greek states so long as no treaty specifically forbids it. [8 Letters; P _ _ _ _ _ _ Y]

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Each received from the French _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ an annual stipend: 5, francs for a "grand officer," 2, to a "commander," 1, to an "officer," 250 to a "chevalier. [10 Letters; G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T]

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The Code of Hammurabi ; The powers of the king ; Trial by ordeal ; "Lex Talionis" ; Forms of punishment ; Codes of _ _ _ _ _ and prices ; State restoration of stolen goods [5 Letters; W _ _ _ S]

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it would let him depose many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ who had flouted the papal authority; it would enable him, with the help of French intervention, [7 Letters; B _ _ _ _ _ S]

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On November 1, 1688, he sailed with fourteen thousand men to win the _ _ _ _ _ _ of England. [6 Letters; T _ _ _ _ E]

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All in all, the evidence indicates that Shakespeare had the incidental learning of a man of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ too busy with acting, managing, and living to sink his head into books. [7 Letters; A _ _ _ _ _ S]

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