Titles of nobility

Could any further proof be required of the republican complextion of this system, the most decisive one might be found in its absolute prohibition of titles of nobility, both under the Federal and the State... 

I. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation, grant letters of marque and reprisal, coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver a legal tender in payment of debts pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility [Art. i, sect. 10]. ... 

Nothing need be said to illustrate the importance of the prohibition of titles of nobility. This may truly be denominated the corner stone of republican government for so long as they are excluded, there can never be serious danger that the government will be any other than that of the people. 

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present. Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. 

Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal coin Money emit Bills of Credit make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. 

This condescension was fed by the luster of his new Parisian disciples. The titled nobility flocked to him, including the prince de Montmorency, who accepted the title of Parisian patron of the Egyptian movement and the due d Orleans, Royal Prince and Grand Master of French Masonry since... 

Baron Auer chose as bis motto the appropriate words more light, but preferred to write it plus lucis as a reminder of his early struggles with Latin (49). In 1901 Kaiser Franz Josef elevated him to the hereditary nobility with the title of Freiherr von Welsbach. When the Kaiser remarked, You have had, so I hear, considerable success with your discoveries, Baron von Welsbach quickly replied, Yes, Your Majesty, up to the present more than 40,000 people throughout the entire world have found employment through my discoveries. This reply left Franz Josef speechless (16). 

The Emperor nodded his agreement and ordained that my father be given a place in the hereditary nobility. To receive a predicate of nobility, my father had to be landed. Fortunately he owned a small vineyard near Budapest, so the Emperor bestowed upon him the predicate von SzoUoskislak (small grape). I have shortened it to von, for even to me, a Hungarian, the full title is almost unpronounceable. 

Prigogine was a member of over 60 international academies and scientific societies and a doctor honoris causa of over 40 universities, and he was awarded about 50 international prizes and medals. On July 21, 1989, he was awarded hereditary nobility - with the title of Viscount - by the King of Belgium. 

For lack of further information, the identity of the man in question must at present remain unknown. But whoever patronized Maier, his protection certainly proved most effective. For not only did the Emperor, who had been occupied with other business , graciously condescend to accept a portion of Maier s Universal Medicinf as mentioned above. His Majesty also chose to take Maier formally into his service. Only ten days later, on 29 September 1609, Rudolf raised him to the hereditary nobility and conferred on him the title of Imperial Count Palatine with all the associated privileges. Whatever... 

Countess Wachtmeister was one of the many titled early converts to Theosophy. She joined the T.S. in 1881 and became a close friend and associate of Madame Blavatsky. The nobility included the Baroness de Pallandt who joined the Golden Dawn early in 1891 and resigned in April 1893. A note in a complete list of G.D. members 1887-97 described her as no good . 

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