Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1531

No Dog Exchanges Bones with Another

How do we get the help of millions of people we don’t know? Only by trade.

1532

Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus would lose his beloved wife Eurydice to death not once, but twice.

1533

The Partridge and the Cockerels

It’s hard when messed-up people treat you badly, but if you take it personally it only makes it worse.

1534

Peace By Free Trade

The blessing of trade free from political interference was one of most important insights in British, indeed world history.

1535

Perfection is no Trifle

Michelangelo had a message for all serious entrepreneurs.

1536

Perseus and Andromeda

Wielding the Gorgon’s head, Perseus saves a beautiful maiden from a ravening sea-monster.