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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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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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1

A Well-Tuned Heart

By Izaak Walton

A road accident made parish priest George Herbert late for his musical evening, but he was not a bit sorry.

2

Ministerial Myopia

By Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

We all want our politicians to be clever men, but being cunning isn’t the same as being wise.

3

Laughter in the House

By Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney reminded comedians that when the audience is laughing they aren’t necessarily the better for it.

4

The Perils of the Learned

By Al-Ghazali

Persian scholar Al-Ghazali feared for any country where morals were lagging behind brains.

5

Manners Makyth Man

By Edmund Saul Dixon

The Revd Edmund Dixon urged young people to think about what a little politeness could do for them.

6

He Is Only Defending the Land of the Zulus!

By Frances Colenso

Frances Colenso admired the gallantry of the men who defended the fort at Rorke’s Drift, and the restraint of the men who attacked it.

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