Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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Lady Glencora scolds the Earl of Brentford for political inactivity, but he warns her to be careful what she wishes for.
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A Roman commander facing court martial took refuge in politics, and for ten years London was an imperial capital.
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A princess covets the belt of a warrior-queen, so Heracles is despatched to get it for her.
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The earliest Christians longed to celebrate the resurrection together at Passover, but that was not as easy as it sounds.
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Jane Austen wrote as a Christian, but all the better for doing so unobtrusively.
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For Jane Austen, the best education a father can give to his child is to befriend her.