Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
© Theoden sA, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Intellectual learning is to be respected, but it should never be confused with good character.
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© David Wright, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.
© Oast House Archive, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
A giant gets angry when he finds children playing in his garden.
© Yair Haklai, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Pygmalion discovered that prudishness is not the same as purity.
© Hein56didden, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
A tale of two friends with complete confidence in each other, and loyal to the death.
© Klaus-Peter Simon, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Alexander fulfilled the letter of a prophecy and he did become ruler of the world, but it wasn’t quite fair.