Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1321

Practice Makes Perfect

Making friends is, like playing music, not just a matter of natural talent.

1322

The Small Compass

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

1323

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.

1324

St George the Triumphant Martyr

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

1325

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.

1326

‘Stand out of my Sunshine!’

Alexander the Great dropped a hint to his sycophantic entourage.