Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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David Hume encourages politicians to put away their distrust of other countries, and allow free trade to flourish.
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From ‘The Art of Piano’ (2001), available from Amazon (click the picture for more).
One of the twentieth century’s greatest pianists, who put himself and his art at the service of his adopted country.
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William Pitt the Elder berates Parliament for treating the public like know-nothings.
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Marko adopts drastic measures to get out of repaying the loan of a penny.
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A survivor of the infamous massacre of Chios in 1821 goes to Marseilles, but discovers he has not entirely left the Turks behind.
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The Victorian practice of hanging sugared nuts on a Christmas tree was bursting with Biblical symbolism.