Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Christ’s cross promises to take away the fear of Judgment Day.
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Abbot Elfric explains the significance of Christ’s miracle at Cana.
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Adam Smith could not imagine it would ever happen, but he nevertheless recommended that Britain grant independence to her colonies.
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Contemporary historian Ramanath Aiyar catalogued the ways in which Maharajah Moolam Thurunal led the way in modernising British India.
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Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, shared his excitement at the way railways were making Indians more independent.
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A persistent dream prompts a Norfolk tradesman to walk all the way to London in the hope of bettering his lot.