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(August 1, 1876), was the 38th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Colorado, adopted March 14, 1876, stated: Preamble. We, the people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, in order to form a more independent and perfect government; establish justice; insure tranquility; provide for … Continue reading “COLORADO,
STATE OF”

(August 1, 1876), stated: Nil Sine Numine (Nothing without God).3269

(January 14, 1875–September 4, 1965), was a physician, philosopher, musician and a medical missionary who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. He practiced as a doctor in the hospital he founded in the jungle village of Lambarene, Gabon, west central Africa, and even used the $33,000 Nobel prize money to build a leper colony. … Continue reading “SCHWEITZER,
ALBERT”

(September 16, 1875–February 12, 1971), was an American businessman, entrepreneur, and founder of the J.C. Penney chain of stores. In his autobiography, entitled Fifty Years With the Golden Rule, J.C. Penney stated: As to our country, my faith in our America, in its people and in the “American way of life” is unwavering. Its founding … Continue reading “PENNEY,
J.C. (JAMES CASH)”

(March 2, 1876–October 9, 1958), whose given name was Eugenio Pacelli, in a radio broadcast on September 1, 1944, stated: Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his own strength his own existence and that of his … Continue reading “POPE
PIUS XII”

(August 10, 1874–October 20, 1964), was the 31st President of the United States, 1929–33; Secretary of Commerce under both Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, 1921–28; served on the council of the American Relief Administration, 1919–21; U.S. Food Administrator during World War I, 1917–19; Commissioner for Belgian Relief, 1915–19; Chairman of the American Relief Committee … Continue reading “HOOVER,
HERBERT CLARK”

(November 30, 1874–January 24, 1965), was the British statesman who led Great Britain through World War II. The son of Lord Randolph Churchill, he was a direct descendant of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. He served as a correspondent in the Boer War and joined Parliament in 1900. After holding several positions, he rejoined the … Continue reading “CHURCHILL,
SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER”

(March 24, 1874–January 29, 1963), was an American poet and teacher. He had been a farmer in New Hampshire; taught at Amherst College; was poet in residence at the University of Michigan; and professor of poetry at Harvard University, 1936. He won the Pulitzer prize for poetry, 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943; was named consultant … Continue reading “FROST,
ROBERT”

(May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936), was a modern British poets and novelists. His fondness of paradox is seen in his great works: Heretics; Orthodoxy; Outline of Sanity; All Is Grist; and All I Survey. In English Men of Letters, Chesterton wrote very enlightening sketches about both Browning and Dickens. In What’s Wrong with the World, … Continue reading “CHESTERTON,
GILBERT KEITH”

(December 30, 1873–October 4, 1944), was the four-term Governor of New York, 1919–21, 1923–29; and the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1928. He had also served as an Assemblyman in the New York State Legislature, 1903; Sheriff of New York City, 1915–17; and leader of the American Liberty League, 1939–44. Alfred E. Smith, a Catholic, came … Continue reading “SMITH,
ALFRED EMANUEL”