Subjects

Extracts from Literature

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The School of Difficulty

It is not educational institutions and methods that advance science or the arts, but people.

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On Equal Terms

An aristocratic statesman was choked with emotion as he reflected on Britain’s creative social mobility.

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As Good as his Word

Benjamin Disraeli did not make a promising start to his Parliamentary career - but he did start with a promise.

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Sweet and Sour

The great Dr Johnson argues that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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Ring out the Old, Ring in the New

For Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Christmas was a time to let the dead past bury its dead.

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Christmas Bells

The sounds of an English country Christmas helped Tennyson in his deep mourning for an old friend.