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  2. An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races - Wikipedia

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    The book was dedicated to King George V of Hanover (1851–66), the last king of Hanover. In the dedication, Gobineau writes that he presents to His Majesty the fruits of his speculations and studies into the hidden causes of the "revolutions, bloody wars, and lawlessness" ("révolutions, guerres sanglantes, renversements de lois") of the age.

  3. Cancer (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] [7] Cancer is a cardinal sign. Water is the element associated with Cancer, [ 8 ] and, alongside Scorpio and Pisces , it forms the water trigon. [ 9 ] The water trigon is one of four elemental trigons in the zodiac, with the other three being fire, earth, and air. [ 10 ]

  4. Social identity threat - Wikipedia

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    For example, Polish students would rather embrace some stereotypically negative traits of their nation than emphasize the similarities between all European countries. [16] While research demonstrates the importance of having distinctive identities over ones with positive traits, the embrace of negative traits are more common among people who ...

  5. History of cancer - Wikipedia

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    [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps. [citation needed] The work of other individual physicians led to various insights, but when physicians started working together they could draw firmer conclusions.

  6. Race, Evolution, and Behavior - Wikipedia

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    Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A Life History Perspective is a book by Canadian psychologist and author J. Philippe Rushton. Rushton was a professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario for many years, and the head of the controversial Pioneer Fund .

  7. Pavol Strauss - Wikipedia

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    He saw many negative traits in a lot of his Jewish fellows, on the other hand the Judaism was enlightened by the example of Hasidic rabbis. At the end of his high school, Strauss was flirting with communism , by studying the work of Mehring, Engels, Lenin, Plechan, and Bukharin.

  8. James David Barber - Wikipedia

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    James David Barber (July 31, 1930 – September 12, 2004) was a political scientist whose book The Presidential Character made him famous for his classification of presidents through their worldviews. From 1977 to 1995, he taught political science at Duke University.

  9. Cancer (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    [7] "Cancer" is the translation of the word carcinos into Latin, made by Aulus Cornelius Celsus and collected in his work De Medicina. The Greek term had been used since Hippocrates (460–370 BC) to denote certain types of tumors, [8] because of the resemblance that the Greek physician observed between the lesions and the shape of a crab.