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When Mahatma Gandhi went to Vatican and saw a portrait of the crucifixion and could not take his eyes off it, wrote later, “It was not without a wrench that I could tear myself away from that scene of living tragedy. I saw there at once that nations, like individuals, could only be made through
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 10, 2006
At the beginning of the 1900’s, Charles Evans Hughes was a prominent figure in Washington and nationally. He was narrowly defeated by Woodrow Wilson for the presidency in 1916, and later he was named chief justice of the Supreme Court. When he came to live in Washington, he became a member of a
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Illustration: In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial Legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, “It is the Day of Judgment! Let’s go home and get ready!”
But another member of the Legislature, who happened to be a deacon
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