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393:ř and František Soukup each gave a speech there. A national funeral took place in the National Museum. Since Alois was no longer a member of any church, the Catholic Church forbid ringing church bells in Prague. There was no priest at his funeral. T.G. Masaryk, many politicians, college professors, and diplomats attended his funeral.
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609:(The Hussite King) (1920–1930) – novel, the main character is Jiří z Poděbrad represented as a strong ruler, (Alois intended it to be a trilogy but he could not finished it due to his illness, only the first two parts were published and the final part was unwritten at the time of the author's demise.)
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In 1888 they moved to Prague. They were not satisfied with their first two apartments. But, after five years they finally found the perfect one on Ressl street, close to today's
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692:(The Holy Paradise) (1880) – a novel whose plot is set in Vienna and in terms of time and some of the characters follows the novel In the Duke's Court ; it is a detailed painting of the delightful life at the Congress of Vienna .
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they moved the urn to Hronov, but they stopped in many Czech cities. The last part of the funeral took place in Hronov. There were no church bells ringing; mourners could hear famous pieces by
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904:(1915), about ... The Nationalists Alois Jirasek (1851-1930) was a popular Czech novelist who used themes from Czech history. ... Soul and Work (1913) was his best volume of essays."
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