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100 Cards in this Set
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Greatest scholar of the Northern Renaissance was?
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Nelson Mandela was the first black president of?
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South Africa
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Greatest scientist of all time was?
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Isaac Newton
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Great leader of Scottish reformation was?
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John Knox
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What country is not a member of NAFTA?
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England
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Sumer's greatest contribution to civilization was ____.
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Writing
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The worlds oldest living civilization?
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China
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The treaty of _____ laid the foundations for the nations of France and Germany.
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Verdun
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Who was the first democratically elected leader in Chinese history?
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Lee Teng-Hui
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The first civilization arose in the land of?
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Mesopotamia
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What type of war is fought with words and diplomacy, not with weapons?
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The Cold War
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Who invented the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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What nation did Saddam Hussein invade prompting Operation Desert Storm?
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Kuwait
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The first city destroyed by an atomic weapon?
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Hiroshima
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Who is remembered as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"?
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John Wycliffe
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What city is United Nations headquartered?
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New York
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The program designed to give massive financial aid to help rebuild war torn Europe?
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Marschall Plan or The European Recovery Program
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Who was the supreme allied commander during World War II?
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Who is called the "Father of Modern Missions"?
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William Carey
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What conservative as the first woman prime minister of Great Britain?
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Margaret Thatcher
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The liberal educator that promoted "Progressive Education"?
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John Dewey
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What was Mussolini's first act of aggression was?
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Albania
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World War I began on July 28, ____.
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1914
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Which was NOT an Axis power of World War II?
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Russia
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The period of ancient history ended around A.D. what year?
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500
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Who was Byzantium's greatest ruler?
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Justinian
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Vasco De Valboa discovered ____.
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Pacific Ocean
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Who is remembered as the father of the hydrogen bomb?
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Edward Teller
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The Tet Offensive took place during the ____ war.
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Vietnam
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What was Rome's greatest contribution to civilization?
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Law
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The turning point of the war in the pacific was?
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Midway
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French Revolution began
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1789
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Magna Carta signed
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1215
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Defeat of Napoleon
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1815
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Vietnam War ended
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1975
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Movable type printing press invented
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1440
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Battle of Hastings
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1066
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Persian Gulf War
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1991
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Protestant Reformation
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1517
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Declaration of Independence
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1776
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World War II ended
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1945
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Daniel Ortega was a Sandinistan dictator in Panama.
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False
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President Roosevelt made the difficult decision to use the atomic bomb.
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False
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Tertullian was a great Christian martyred for the faith.
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True
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In World War II the Anschluss referred to the forced union of Germany and Austria.
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True
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The "Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution occurred in ____?
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China
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What is the most controversial topic of Bioethics?
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Stem cell research
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All of the following were Christian apologist except?
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John Dewey
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Who became Lord Protector after the English Civil War?
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Oliver Cromwell
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What is NOT associated with Egyptian history?
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Cuneiform
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Where was Napoleon's final defeat?
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Waterloo
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What empire was ruled by Cyrus The Great?
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Persian
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Which was formed as a defensive alliance against the spread of communism?
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NATO
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Who said of war, "There is no substitute for victory"?
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Douglas MacArthur
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Hugh Capet is remembered as the first great king of England.F
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False
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England won the Hundred Year's War.
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False
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Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec Indians of Mexico.
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True
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Martin Luther wrote "A Mighty Fortress is Our God".
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True
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John Wesley founded the Methodist Church.
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True
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Hong Kong is a former British possession that was given back to the free Chinese of Taiwan.
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False
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Yitzhak Rabin was the terrorist leader of the PLO.
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False
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Michelangelo was a great artist of the Italian Renaissance.
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True
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The religion of Islam was founded by Mohammed.
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True
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Charles Martel was defeated by Saladin in the Battle of Tours.
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False
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Horatio Nelson was the great naval hero of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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True
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The Argentine army was successful in taking over the Falkland Islands.
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False
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Perhaps the greatest writer in the English language is Dante.
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False
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William the Silent is known as the "Father of Dutch Liberties".
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True
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Nimrod was the world's first empire builder.
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True
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Alexander The Great was the first Persian king to conquer all of Greece.
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False
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The child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the Magic Flute.
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True
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John J. Pershing commanded American troops in World War I.
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True
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D-Day was the name given to the invasion of Normandy in Northern France.
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True
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The Great Depression served to demonstrate the failure of Capitalism and the free market.
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False
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Pericles was a great statesman for Rome.
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False
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Communist dictator of North Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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Prime minister of Canada
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Kim Campbell
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Ruler of Ethiopia
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Haile Selassie
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Spied for the communist
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Alger Hiss
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American general
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Colin Powell
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Restored America's military strength
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Ronald Reagen
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Conservative leader in Germany
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Helmut Kohl
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Led the Solidarity movement in Poland
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Lech Walesa
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U.S. President during the Bay of Pigs failure
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John F. Kennedy
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Nationalist Chinese leader
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Russian President
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Boris Yeltsin
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French President
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Nickolas Sarkozy
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Communist Dictator of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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Current Prime minister of Great Britain
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Tony Blair
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Communist president of Chile
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Salvador Allende
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United Germany
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Otto Von Bismarck
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Wrote the Fifth Symphony
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Beethoven
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Invented the First practical steam engine
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James Watt
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Painted the Mona Lisa
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Father of communism
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Karl Marx
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Prime minister of Great Britain
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Ruler of Russia
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Peter the Great
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Began America's great awakening
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Jonathan Edwards
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English hymn writer
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Charles Wesley
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Existentialist philosopher
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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