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Dutch
Every great nation has its moment in history. For the Dutch (as the English call the people from the Netherlands) this was the brief moment between 1580 and 1650, called The Golden Age. During that period the national income per capita grew by about 50%. Spectacular maritime voyages to East Asia ... Church The perennial dispute over the separation between state and church is again making headlines in the Philippines. On the one hand there are those who would want to erase the distinction and have this country exclusively ruled again by religious authority as was the case in the time of our national hero Jose Rizal. On th... Change The obvious statement that we are living in a world of constant change almost looks like a platitude. And yet until recent times we thought that the universe is there as it always was, our earthly world is unchanging, and all species of plants and animal, including ourselves have lived on earth in their present forms s...
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