Sir Edmund Hillary statue, Mount Cook, NZ.

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Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936

The sole force under God’s good Providence that can meet this turn of our fate, is not temperament, not opportunism, nor any effort to do better than good, but character and again character — such mere ingrained, common-sense, hand-hammered, loyal strength of character as one humbly dares to hope that fifteen hundred years of equality of experience have given us.

on rebuilding after the Great War, Speech, 1920

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Character and Conduct

Stories illustrating noble deeds in matters both great and small, such as the noble gesture of Sir Philip Sidney, and the determination of Benjamin Disraeli.

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Dear Anne Elliot

Anne Thackeray saw something in Jane Austen’s heroines that she missed in their more modern sisters.

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2

A Man Without a Price

A Russian princess admitted defeat with a most gracious compliment.

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3

It’s Good to be Merry and Wise

‘Alpha of the Plough’ thought the Victorians understood Christmas and New Year better than we do.

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Invictus

A memorable poem about triumph over adversity.

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The Dignities of God and Man

The honours that come from God and those that come from men need to be put in the right order.

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A Word of Advice

Advice that is not based on honesty, humility and deep reflection is mere craft.

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