Centre Party
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Centre Party (Zentrumspartei) (Germany) Conceived as a party to represent the interests of the Roman Catholic minority in Germany, it gradually emerged from the Revolutions of 1848/9, though it did not function as a national party until after German unification in 1871. From the 1880s onwards, and to a more limited extent after 1918, it could count on the electoral support of the majority of Catholics, which gave it a fundamental stability and thus a pivotal role in increasingly fragmented parliaments. As the failure of the
Bülow Bloc showed, it became virtually impossible to govern without the parliamentary support of the Centre in the long run. Despite its commitment to the monarchy, the party quickly accepted the Weimar Republic and became its central pillar next to the
SPD. Towards the end of the Republic, under Burning's leadership, it hoped to overcome the problems of the parliamentary democracy through cooperation with conservative elites, and in 1933 it voted for the
Enabling Act after accepting
Hitler's guarantees to respect civil and religious liberties. The party was dissolved in 1933, and refounded in 1945, albeit with little electoral success since most of its former members joined the
CDU.
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The Hymns of Samuel Francis Smith
Magazine article from: The Hymn; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...anniversary of the birth of Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895), one...November 16, 1895.4 Smith was acquainted or associated...Greenleaf Whittier.5 Among Smith's published prose works...source for lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith is his Poems of...
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Samuel Francis Smith letter, $33,350, Julia's
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 8/1/2005; ; 299 words
; A letter handwritten and signed by Samuel Francis Smith, with the first verse of his song, "America" ("My Country "Tis of Thee"), sold for $33,350 at a sale held May 5...
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Salute to patriotism: let us join Samuel Francis Smith in a rousing chorus of his immortal words: "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing ...".(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 1/1/2002; ; 641 words
; The word "patriotism," according to Webster's Dictionary, is "the devoted love, support and defense of one's country." The word dates from approximately the 1720s, but the sentiment must go back to the earliest of times. Plato wrote: "There can be no affinity nearer than our country." The
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ILLINOIS DEATHS.(Metro)(Obituary\Joseph Gashgarian, Francis L. Johnson\Lena A. Tebbe, Edna Marion (Tilton) Hahn\Norman Samuel O'neal, James Howard Witherspoon\Adele C. (Joergensen) Hoffman, John I. Prosser\James P. Jarrett, Irma (Duncan) Cotter\Barbara Faye Hayes, Adolph Frank Rickert\Laurine "Blondie" Ulrich, Ella K. Zobrist\Jeffrey A. Smith, Donald Rex Hammer\John "Humphrey" Molinar)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 7/9/2001; 700+ words
; ...Mount Hope Cemetery. BETHALTO Francis L. Johnson, 72, died Saturday...m.-noon today at Elias Smith Funeral Home. Graveside service...Illinois. CENTREVILLE Norman Samuel O'Neal, 74, died Tuesday...Auxiliary. SHILOH Jeffrey A. Smith, 27, died Thursday. No visitation...
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Our Legacy: Smith Price, founding father of the AME Church
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 3/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the name of God Amen, I Smith Price of the city of Annapolis...last will and testament of Smith Price, 1807 Smith Price, farmer, gardener...Indenture with Wheeler, Martin, Samuel Hackney, Robertson, Francis Troy and John and Jacob Forty...
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CONNOR DAVID KOTTKE | CHRISTOPHER ALLEN FINCH | PATRICK JEFFRY STRUTTMAN | ANGELICA DESTINY CARATACHEA | SABIAN ISAIAS RIVERA | NOAH BAILEY CASTILLO | ANGELICA MARIE SMITH | EMILIO PAUL IBARRA | SAMUEL JAVIER RODRIGUEZ | ELAINE YUMENG JIANG | JONATHAN DANIEL OROPEZA
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 3/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...grandparents are Luis and Francis Rodriguez of Mundelein...Kevin and Tracy Smith of Round Lake Beach announce...of Mundelein. *** Samuel and Jennifer Rodriguez...of their second son, Samuel Javier. Born at Condell...Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999, Samuel weighed 6 pounds, 4...
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Anatol O. Branchell | Christopher Cotrufo | John Guardado | James Keikeika Hatchie | Robert H. Malloux | John Joseph Montagna | Carlos Q. Morales | Frances W. Orsini | Samuel H. Schiavo | Rita Ramone Sloan | Clara K. Smith | Anton Vatavuk | Nina R. Walton
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 8/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...STLobitart,hatchie,,x Hatchie, James "Kimo" Keikeika Age 75, of Gardena, California, passed away July 30,2003 at St. Francis Medical Center-West, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born March 5, 1928 in Honolulu. He was a retired mechanical engineer for...
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Let freedom . . . ka-ching; Lyrics to patriotic standard.(SHOW)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...purchased a lyric sheet handwritten by Samuel Francis Smith, the Massachusetts minister who...The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key - which has never surfaced...unfortunate fact that "nobody knows who Samuel Francis Smith is." T'was not so back...
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HISTORIC VERSE AMONG SLIDE COLLECTION
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 7/6/2002; ; 562 words
; ...holds words to `America' DAYTON - Samuel Francis Smith was a student at Andover Newton...Park Street Church in Boston. Samuel Smith (1808-95) went on to...produced a Magic Lantern show of the Samuel Smith lyrics of America, excluding...
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Honor Roll: ANNAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 6/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...Naomi Rivers, McLean Smith, Tyrone Stepney, Benjamin...Clow, Ethan Coman, Francis Cooper, Alexandra Crilly...Alexander Papanicolaou, Francis Peabody, Sara Pekel...Sezaver, Kira Shaffir, Samuel Sharkey, Elizabeth Simison...Aubrie Ford, Samuel Francis, Benjamin Fulton, Emily...
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Samuel Francis Smith
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Samuel Francis Smith 1808-95, American Baptist clergyman and poet, b. Boston. He is remembered as the author of the national hymn "America," written while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary. Among his many other hymns is "The Morning Light Is Breaking."
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Smith, Samuel Francis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Smith, Samuel Francis (1808–95),Boston Baptist clergyman, who while a student at Andover Theological Seminary wrote the patriotic hymn...
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"My Country, Tis of Thee."
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...TIS OF THEE." "MY COUNTRY, TIS OF THEE." Samuel Francis Smith received several German books from Lowell Mason...New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Smith, Samuel Francis. Papers, 1834 – 1936. Library of Congress...
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“America,”
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...x201C;America,” patriotic hymn written by Samuel Francis Smith , was first sung at a Boston Fourth of July meeting...version is by John Bull (1563–1628). Smith's hymn is frequently known as “My country...
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Newton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...education center. The city is the seat of Andover Newton Theological School, Mount Ida College, Pine Manor College, and a campus of Boston College. Horace Mann , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Mary Baker Eddy , and Samuel Francis Smith lived in Newton.
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