Word: baptismal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...French Revolution," The speaker said that owing to the frequent changes in government during the past century, the French nation was often accused of fickleness. This was a false charge for these uprisings are due to the most remarkable steadfastness. A nation which has passed through a third baptism of blood, while struggling towards its constant goal in spite of the hostility of a whole continent, shows a heroic firmness. It is a remarkable fact that all the French governments of the past century have proclaimed their acceptance of the principles of the Revolution. The first Napoleon, though at heart...
...library of Princeton college possesses the largest collection of books on Baptism in the world. There are 2,000 bound volumes and 3,000 pamphlets...
Queen Victoria was able to attend the baptism of the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Albany yesterday...
...Odessa mob recently attacked Sarah Bernhardt, on the ground that she is a Jewess. In this they were mistaken, for though she is of Hebrew parents, she is of the Catholic religion, having received both baptism and her first communion at the Church of Auteuil...