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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry Edward Cardinal Manning
Although he no longer had a parliamentary career in view, he continued to take an interest in political questions, and his natural powers of oratory soon made him conspicuous in the debating of the Union, where he was succeeded by Gladstone in the presidency.
Gladstone against Catholics who accepted the Vatican Decrees, and his three pastoral letters published under the title "Petri Privilegium" did much to remove prejudice and misconception even among Catholics.
Theological controversy may be said to hold the first place in the earlier part of his episcopate, culminating in the Vatican Council, and continuing with somewhat abated vigour for a few years longer.
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 Liverpool on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Liverpool was once famous for its pottery, and its textile industry was also prosperous; however, since World War II its cotton market has declined considerably.
The city's first wet dock was completed by 1715; at their height, the docks were more than 7 mi (11.3 km) long.
The statesman William Gladstone, the artist George Stubbs, and the members of the musical group the Beatles were born in Liverpool.
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 Titanic Historical Society, Inc. - Interesting Articles
To Hell And Back - The Maiden Voyage of Britannic -
Early on the frosty morning of Tuesday 22nd December 1915, a taxi from the London & NorthWestern Railway Hotel pulled up alongside Liverpool's Gladstone Dock carrying a passenger who, although by no means a novice, had every reason to be particularly excited.
See Also: People - Articles and remembrances of some of people involved in these historic events.
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