The Brest-Litovsk peach agreement was signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers. It stated Russia's participation in World War II had ended and that the nation had no further intention of fighting.
B. George Childress
"George Childress, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members."
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In the early 17th century Galileo was indeed convicted of heresy because he claimed that Earth revolved around the Sun. This conviction was an example of an religiously motivated conviction of someone who had the best intentions in mind in the sense of mankind achieving greater knowledge.
