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Character and Conduct
Stories illustrating noble deeds in matters both great and small, such as the noble gesture of Sir Philip Sidney, and the determination of Benjamin Disraeli.
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Up Before the Bench
By Thomas Elyot
As a young prince Henry V was ‘fierce and of wanton courage,’ Thomas Elyot tells us, but there was one man with courage to match his.
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Mauled by a Lion
By David Livingstone
The villagers of Mabutso in Southern Africa begged Dr David Livingstone to rid them of a menacing pride of lions.
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‘Come in and Know Me Better’
By Clay Lane
Mill owner William Grant was deeply hurt by a scurrilous pamphlet circulated by a fellow businessman, and vowed the miscreant would live to regret it.
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An Exhibition of Fair Play
By Joseph Paxton
After Joseph Paxton won the competition to design the venue for the Great Exhibition of 1851, he recalled how his rival had helped him.
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A Cavalier Attitude
By William King
Royalist soldier Sir Jacob Ashly exemplified a Christian gentleman in the heat of battle.
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The Spider and the King
By Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott tells of the tale of how a little spider inspired Robert the Bruce to win his country’s sovereignty.
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