Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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A man’s mid-life crisis leaves him a little ... exposed.
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© Wellcome Trust, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Benjamin Jesty and Edward Jenner continue to save millions of lives because they listened to an old wives’ tale.
© Uttam h, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mark Twain covets the supreme sensation of being a trailblazer.
© Richard Croft, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The outlaw showed that strange as it may be, he did have a code of honour.
© Von grzanka, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
A cat’s affection is not easy to win, but the rewards make the effort worthwhile.
© Ashley Dace, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
True moral integrity comes from within.