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Edmond Holmes, a former inspector of schools, reported back to the Board of Education on a pioneering system being developed in Italy.
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Norman Leys complained that policymakers in Africa were interested more in training loyal and industrious workers than in nurturing free peoples.
Inspired by an avid interest in English warrior heroes, the fifteen-year-old Guthlac recruited a band of freebooting militiamen.
© Adrian Cable, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Pega welcomed a royal servant with a serious eye condition to the monastery founded by her brother, St Guthlac.
© Clément Bardot, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
The villagers of Mabutso in Southern Africa begged Dr David Livingstone to rid them of a menacing pride of lions.
By Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Diplomat William Eton warns his fellow Englishmen that shutting down debate does not make for a more united society.