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Classical History
The Rewards of Treachery
Cicero warns those who seek power through civic unrest that they will never be the beneficiaries of it.
by Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 BC
Extracts from Literature
The Duel
Sir Mulberry Hawk’s coarse conduct towards Kate Nickleby has awoken a spark of decency in Lord Frederick Verisopht.
by Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Indian History
Wellington’s Secret
The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
Character and Conduct
A True Gentleman of Verona
A young man from the Italian city on the Adige River demonstrates that class has nothing to do with wealth.
One Last Question
English lawyer Sydney Carton goes to the guillotine in place of a French aristocrat.
Poets and Poetry
‘Sussex’
A meditation on our instinctive love for the place in which we live.
by Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936