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How to Learn a Language
By William Cobbett
When William Cobbett told his son James to be conscientious about his grammar lessons, he was drawing on hard-won experience.
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Navigating by History
By John Buchan
The study of history can distract us from pressing modern problems, but failing to study it is much worse.
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The Book That Made Kipling
By Sir George MacMunn
Sir George MacMunn traces Kipling’s masterly handling of English and of storytelling to reading the King James Bible aloud.
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The Common Tongue
By Hilaire Belloc
The English language is the most valuable part of our national heritage, and the patriotic citizen is careful to treat it with respect.
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A Credit to His Country
By François de Callières
The diplomat’s task is to see the best in other peoples, not to scold them for their failings.
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What’s in a Name?
By William Shakespeare
Juliet complains that the man she loves has the wrong name, and the man she loves hears her doing it.
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