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forebears

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Early life and education Henry Laurens’s forebears were Huguenots who fled France after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685. Source: Internet

Like a Black(er) Sabbath, these doom-rock forebears helped launch a now-thriving subgenre in the late-’70s with their deliberately paced, riff-heavy repertoire. Source: Internet

Our Baptist forebears were persecuted for their dissent in Europe and the United States, and they knew the dangers of the unholy alignment of church and state. Source: Internet

Our prokaryotic forebears evolved on a planet-sized lump of fallout from a star-sized nuclear explosion, a supernova that synthesised the elements that go to make our planet and ourselves." Source: Internet

Inherited guilt Another recurring theme in Lovecraft's stories is the idea that descendants in a bloodline can never escape the stain of crimes committed by their forebears, at least if the crimes are atrocious enough. Source: Internet

"For me, my 'X' replaced the white slavemaster name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed upon my paternal forebears." Source: Internet

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