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The heroic and charismatic statesman’s last journey was replete with echoes of his extraordinary life.
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Intellectual learning is to be respected, but it should never be confused with good character.
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The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.
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A giant gets angry when he finds children playing in his garden.
© Yair Haklai, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.
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A tale of two friends with complete confidence in each other, and loyal to the death.