Subjects

Extracts from Literature

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Kanguru!

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

446

Pure Selfishness

The brilliant but dangerously obsessive Dr Griffin decides that the end justifies the means.

447

Passover to Pentecost

St Bede explains how the Exodus and the Ten Commandments are related to Easter and Whitsuntide.

448

One False Step

Louisa Musgrove thought she had hit on a sure method of winning Captain Wentworth’s affections.

449

The Living Past

High above the roof of the Amazonian rainforest, Professor Challenger sees something that eerily reminds him of home.

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Lost Innocence

In the fourth century, Britain’s Christians acquired a taste for watering down the mystery of their message.