a favour by allowing him to leave the upper deck of the submarine‚ in order that he might await the motor launch in some sort of privacy; why should he ask for more? Undeterred by my silence‚ he continued: "I have a great friend‚ Lieutenant-zu-See Von Schenk‚ who brought U.122 over last week; he has lost a diary‚ quite private‚ he left it in error; can he have it?" I deliberated‚ felt a certain pity‚ then remembered the Belgian Prince and other things‚ and so‚ looking
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n 1478‚ King Ferdinand II of Argon and Queen Isabella I of Castile established the Spanish Inquisition. Many people from other religions‚ such as Judaism and Islam‚ converted to Christianity and the Inquisition guaranteed that those who converted really left their old religion behind. Specifically‚ there were Jews who converted to Christianity that were called the conversos‚ who were also known as the New Christians or Crypto-Jews. The conversos converted to escape anti-Semitism‚ to gain high positions
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Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck and Prime Minister Count Camillo Benso di Cavour were powerful men who believed in politics based on practical objectives rather than on ideals‚ also referred to as Realpolitik. Bismarck sought to unify Germany while Cavour sought to unify Italy. Looking at which one was more effective as a leader it is my opinion that Otto Von Bismarck was most effective in the success of his nation. Bismarck was a high-ranking diplomat of the Prussian government‚ it was said that
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Was the outbreak of general war in 1914 inevitable after the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand? Various different factors led to the outbreak of the first World War- a war which incorporated all human‚ economic and military resources available to achieve total victory over the enemy. Roughly‚ the causes can be classified into long term (Franco-Prussian War‚ Imperialism‚ Alliance System‚ Anglo- German Naval Arms Race‚ etc.)‚ short term (Morrocan Crisis‚ Agadir Crisis‚ Bosnian Crisis‚ Balkan
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painting of Lord Harold Von Coft III was haunted? Why? Well‚ the good lord was murdered in the Von Coft home by his wife‚ Helga Von Coft. Helga had wanted her husband’s fortune so she could run away with their three young sons and her lover‚ Mathias Everhart. She might have been a gold digger‚ but she did not count on her husband’s spirit returning the day she tried to take their sons out of the country. The painting - that had been painted by Harold’s niece‚ Duchess Eleanor Von Coft had been struck
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Phenomenology and theological aesthetics: Notes on Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Thought Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology analyzes the downfall of science into techne‚ deprived of its necessary foundation in objective evidence. It responds to this impoverished self-understanding of science‚ the human being and the goals of reason themselves‚ unconvering in the roots of this episthemological and cultural crisis the true foundings of our understanding and praxis of human experience. In a seemingly
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Upon becoming the joint monarchs of Castile and Aragon‚ one of the main challenges that Ferdinand and Isabella faced was to extend the crown’s authority over the Iberian peninsula thus increasing the stability of the kingdom and power of the crown. This was a daunting task‚ especially given the power of grandees such as Mendoza and Carillo at the time. The Catholic kings had some considerable success in consolidating royal authority‚ but there were limitations on this success and compromises were
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Frederick William IV‚ was appointed king of the military state known as Prussia. As a result of disputes from the rising middle class‚ William I choose to hire Otto von Bismarck as chancellor in order to quiet the unrest. Otto von Bismarck was a realpolitik‚ someone whose decisions were based on practicality‚ not morals. The policies of Otto von Bismarck’s government represented the new kind of conservatism because they represented realpolitik through doing what’s best for the country by incorporating
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Pre-WWI 1) Otto von Bismarck’s foreign policy had the goal of securing the territory of Europe‚ staying peaceful with minimal conflict‚ and isolating France. In order to do this‚ Germany had to be on good terms with the Russians and Austrians‚ because a conflict between the two would not be beneficial for Germany. An agreement between Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was made in 1871 to guard Germany against war with the French and to isolate them. It was known as Dreikaiserbund. This shortly
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Sollte die Strafmündigkeit von 14 Jahren auf 12 Jahren gesenkt werden? Die Forderung ist nicht neu. Seit einigen Jahren wird zunehmend gefordert‚ die Altersgrenze von 14 Jahren des § 19 StGB auf 12 Jahre abzusenken. Die Zahl der von Kindern unter 14 Jahren begangenen Straftaten ist in den vergangenen Jahren kontinuierlich gestiegen‚ zumal gerade im Bereich der Körperverletzungsdelikte. Stellvertretender Landesvorsitzender Bayerns Karlheinz Roth zu dem bestrittenen Thema: „Wer im Stande sei‚ derartige
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