Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
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The English language is the most valuable part of our national heritage, and the patriotic citizen is careful to treat it with respect.
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Sir George MacMunn traces Kipling’s masterly handling of English and of storytelling to reading the King James Bible aloud.
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The diplomat’s task is to see the best in other peoples, not to scold them for their failings.
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In 664, a council at Whitby decided to align the traditions of the Northumbrian Church with those of Rome and Constantinople.
By John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Juliet complains that the man she loves has the wrong name, and the man she loves hears her doing it.
By Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
John Gay reflects that in matters of friendship, quality is preferable to quantity.