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Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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First paragraph modernization. Mar 26, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Nov 17, 2023
Deleted Web site: None. Feb 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Désiré Joseph Mercier. Sep 01, 2010
Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Louis-Honore Mercier. Sep 01, 2010
Add new Web site: First World War - Biography of Desire Mercier. Sep 01, 2010
Edited to refer to Leuven by the Flemish spelling. Dec 30, 2008
Media added. May 28, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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