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John Lancaster Spalding was a 19th-century American catholic bishop. John Lancaster Spalding was an American Catholic author, poet, advocate for higher education, the first bishop of Peoria in Illinois from 1877 to 1908. He was also a co-founder of the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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