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  • [315] Marlowe has given a meaning the very opposite of the original -- "Et clamant 'Merito' qui modo cumque vident."

    The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Christopher Marlowe 1578

  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (1980)

    Abdus Salam - Curriculum Vitae 1980

  • _Merito e tempore_ was the motto which he had chosen for his own, and which he placed in golden letters on his shield, and illuminated on the vellum pages of his favourite books, in the firm belief that all things come to the man who can learn to bide his time.

    Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady 1887

  • German chronicle which reads: "Merito a nobis nostrisque posteris pater patriae appelatur quia erat egregius defensor et fortissimus propugnator nihili pendens vitam suam contra omnia adversa propter justitiam opponere."

    Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886

  • The billionaire's honors include the insignia of "Onorificenza al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" presented by Italy's president, that country's highest title for a civilian; and "Officer of the French Legion of Honor" by then French President, Jacques Chirac, that country's highest civilian honor.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • The billionaire's honors include the insignia of "Onorificenza al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" presented by Italy's president, that country's highest title for a civilian; and "Officer of the French Legion of Honor" by then French President, Jacques Chirac, that country's highest civilian honor.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • The billionaire's honors include the insignia of "Onorificenza al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" presented by Italy's president, that country's highest title for a civilian; and "Officer of the French Legion of Honor" by then French President, Jacques Chirac, that country's highest civilian honor.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • "Cavaliere dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" ( "Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic") by the Italian government.

    Princeton University Top Stories Shani Hilton 2010

  • * What sophists understand by Merito congrui and condigni 74. 11.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Martin Luther 1514

  • The President -- with her entire family present during the Palace vigil for the fallen aides -- conferred the Pampanguluhang Medalya ng Merito (Postumo) medals and the accompanying framed citations to the families of the victims after the late-evening mass held in their memory at the Heroes Hall of Malacanan Palace where the white coffins bearing their remains were brought for a joint vigil.

    unknown title 2009

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