Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

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Largest river of California, rises in the NE. in the Sierra Nevada; follows a south-westerly course, draining the central valley of California; falls into Suisund Bay, on the Pacific coast, after a ...

Rhone

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One of the four great rivers of France, rises on Mount St. Gothard, in the Swiss Alps; passes through the Lake of Geneva, and flowing in a south-westerly course to Lyons, is there joined by its chief ...

Santa Cruz

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Or St. Croix, one of the Virgin Islands; produces sugar, rum, and cotton; ceded by France to Denmark in 1733; a serious nigger revolt took place in 1878; capital is Christianstadt.

Saturn

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The planet of the solar system whose orbit is outside that of Jupiter, is 880 millions of miles from the sun, round which it takes 10,759 days or nearly 30 years to revolve, revolving on its own axis ...

Seine

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The smallest but most populous department of France, entirely surrounded by the department of Seine-et-Oise; Paris and its adjacent villages cover a considerable portion of the area; presents a ...

theology

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The science which treats of God, particularly as He manifests Himself in His relation to man in nature, reason, or revelation.

soul

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The name given to the spiritual part of man, the seat of reason and conscience, by which he relates and subordinates himself to the higher spiritual world, inspiring him with a sense of individual ...