Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1303

The Small Compass

The role of government in a nation’s prosperity is important but limited.

1304

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Five young women cared enough about a man’s wedding-day to make the smallest of sacrifices, and received the best of rewards.

1305

St George the Triumphant Martyr

One of the Emperor Galerius’s most trusted generals openly defied him.

1306

The Sunday of Palms and Willows

For centuries, northern countries from Russia to England have laid the catkins of the willow tree before Jesus as he enters Jerusalem.

1307

‘Stand out of my Sunshine!’

Alexander the Great dropped a hint to his sycophantic entourage.

1308

The Hare and the Tortoise

One had natural talent but no discipline, the other had discipline but no natural talent.