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By John White Alexander (1856-1915), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Hubert Parry advised students at the Royal College of Music to respect their teachers, but to think for themselves too.
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© Peter K. Burian, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
In the year that Napoleon’s quest for European Empire faltered at Moscow, President Madison of the USA came to his aid.
© Jean Housen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
A faithful feline bides his time until two criminals are brought to justice.
National Archives of Canada, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.
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The first setbacks for the German Empire in the Great War came courtesy of ANZAC troops.
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Manto Mavrogenous hoped that her fellow women might show more solidarity with Greece than many men had done.