The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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US Department of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

VE Day Clay Lane

On May 8th, 1945, Winston Churchill took to the radio to tell the British public that almost six years of war were ended.

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© Dasrath Shrestha Beejukchhen (Bablu), Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

If I Had But Two Little Wings Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge holds on to those precious moments when loneliness is a problem for tomorrow.

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By William Conor (1881-1968), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

The Minstrel Boy Thomas Moore

Irish poet Thomas Moore believed a life given for his country’s freedom was not given in vain.

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By Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (?1610-1670), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

A ’Tivity Trick Thomas Hardy

William Dewy runs into a menacing bull, but his soothing music doesn’t seem to be soothing enough.

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By Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895-1982), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

The Marks of a Tyrant Aristotle

Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle explains what it is that defines a tyranny.

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© Udimu, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

In This Sign Conquer Eusebius of Caesarea

Eusebius remembers the banner that Emperor Constantine carried into battle on the day he won his crown.

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