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English thumb|HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTHFIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOONJULY 1969, A. D.WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND Adverb ? 1 en AD. en 1884 Virgil C. Hart Taoism John Morrison Reid Doomed Religions https://archive.org/details/doomedreligions00reid/ New York Phillips & Hunt 6177798 25129168M 298 https://archive.org/details/doomedreligions00reid/page/298/ The founder of the Min dynasty (A. D. 1368) declares of him, “He descended repeatedly from heaven to be the imperial teacher; generation after generation he ceased not, but men knew him not. History, which has recorded every thing which could be of interest about Confucius, even to the minutest details of his daily life, failed to hand down the daily acts of a man who, for character and grasp of thought, far transcends his contemporary, Confucius.” en w:John Stuart Thomson 1909 The Chinese https://archive.org/details/chinesenat00thomuoft/ Indianapolis w:Bobbs-Merrill Company 1131175094 371 https://archive.org/details/chinesenat00thomuoft/page/371/ In a corner of Mongolia near Turkestan, at Turpan, in an excavation, old boots have been found which were repaired with kid palimpsests of the third century, A. D., — a literal example of the truth marching into benighted Cathay. en Bonner Jahrbücher 1968 222 The Edict of Diocletian (A. D. 301) lists all manner of dalmaticae in fine wool, silk, wool and silk union fabric, and linen, for men and women. Latin Alternative forms la A.D. uncommon Phrase la phrase la anno Domini: AD/A.D./en A. D., in the year of the Lord, in the year of our Lord