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Luther

German Protestant reformer; example of moral courage.

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First appearance: on the duty of civil disobedience

Luther shows up with force in Sir Walter Raleigh. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Cited as a forefather of the age, representing religious reform and heroism.
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