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Irish Learning And Its Effect On The Carolingian Renaissance, Jane Donald

Bachelors’ Theses

When the Roman Empire disintegrated and its learning was, for the time, buried by an avalanche of barbarism, Ireland alone of the many provinces which had shared in its commerce and learning, was undisturbed. Ireland had a mission; it was to be the haven in which classical learning was kept alive and it was to be the means, when the time was ripe, of carrying this culture throughout Europe.

The Sisters Of St. Joseph And Their Foundations In America: A Brief Account Of The Origin And Ideals Of The Congregation And Of Its Work In The Middle West: 1650-1930, M. Aquinas Caffrey

Master's Theses

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Anthony Trollope, The Socio-Clerical Historian Of The Anglican Clergy In England's Eighteen-Fifties And 'Sixties, George N. Schuster

Master's Theses

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The Public Life And Achievements Of James Duval Phelan, Jean Tully

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As a figure in the American period of California history, Mr. James D. Phelan's achievements were an outstanding example of what an honest man can do in politics. First of all, I have endeavored to show his contributions to the city of San Francisco. There is hardly any field of San Francisco life in which James D. Phelan did not leave a tremendous influence. The politics of his term as mayor were a shining model of clean and progressive measures.

As senator he kept the interest of California at heart. Through his work at the World's Columbian Exposition, he made …