Agricola, tasked with subduing the people of Britain to Roman colonial
government, persuaded them to wear servitude as a badge of refinement.
byCornelius Tacitus?56-?120
Extracts from Literature
Exit Lord Pudding
Piqued by the way French and German literati mocked the English,
Charles Dickens urged his compatriots to be the better men.
byCharles Dickens1812-1870withWilliam Henry Wills1810-1880andGrenville Murray1824-1881
Robert Louis Stevenson
On Falling in Love
Shortly after meeting Fanny Osbourne, Robert Louis Stevenson reflected on
the different ways in which falling in love affects a man.
byRobert Louis Stevenson1850-1894
Georgian Era
On Love of Country
Richard Price argued that the true patriot does not scold other
countries for being worse than his own; he inspires his own country to be better than it is.
byRichard Price1723-1791
Georgian Era
My Standard of a Statesman
Edmund Burke expressed his frustration at the arrogance of
politicians who have no regard for our Constitutional heritage.
byEdmund Burke1729-1797
Japan
The Cherry Tree
In the Great War, the Japanese were among Britain’s allies,
and the Japanese cherry was a symbol of the courage demanded by the times.
