The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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© Vladimir Kosov (2018), via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zheng He and the Rise of Malacca Jawaharlal Nehru

Malacca became a refuge from the overbearing empires of the Far East, thanks to a celebrated Chinese admiral.

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From the Lindisfarne Gospels, ca. AD 700, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

The Making of Mark Eusebius of Caesarea

St Mark wrote his Gospel as a summary of the preaching of St Peter.

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By Yevgeny Khaldei (1916-1997), viua Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Russia’s Heroic Stand Compton’s Encyclopedia

In 1941, with much of the West subdued, Adolf Hitler bent the full force of his hatred on Moscow.

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US Department of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

VE Day Clay Lane

On May 8th, 1945, Winston Churchill took to the radio to tell the British public that almost six years of war were ended.

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© Dasrath Shrestha Beejukchhen (Bablu), Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

If I Had But Two Little Wings Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge holds on to those precious moments when loneliness is a problem for tomorrow.

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By William Conor (1881-1968), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

The Minstrel Boy Thomas Moore

Irish poet Thomas Moore believed a life given for his country’s freedom was not given in vain.

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