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Sidney Poitier died yesterday—6th January 2022. He was 94.
In January of 1943, aged 15, he left his poverty-stricken family in Nassau, Bahamas and headed for the United States in search of a better ... View More
In January of 1943, aged 15, he left his poverty-stricken family in Nassau, Bahamas and headed for the United States in search of a better ... View More
'I AM UNABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR REJECTION AT THIS TIME'
In 1981, when Paul Devlin was in high school applying for a university place, he received a rejection letter from Harvard which, to his great satisfa... View More
In 1981, when Paul Devlin was in high school applying for a university place, he received a rejection letter from Harvard which, to his great satisfa... View More
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Christmas letter to Santa Claus from a girl discovered after 120 years - CBBC Newsround
The note from a five-year-old girl was discovered inside a book donated to a charity shop.
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“A spouse should be loved like wealth legally gained.
Yet I wouldn't want to love even wealth without end."
uxor legitimus debet quasi census amari,
nec censum vellem semper amare meum
#Petronius
Yet I wouldn't want to love even wealth without end."
uxor legitimus debet quasi census amari,
nec censum vellem semper amare meum
#Petronius
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Hedylus - Wikipedia
Hedylus (Greek: Ἥδυλος, Hḗdylos), son of Melicertus and Hedyle, a native of Samos or Athens, was an epigrammatic poet. His epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager (Prooem. 45.) Eleven of the...
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"I am so troubled by the sickness of my wife and the danger to my household, even the threat of death, that I have fled to my study as the only distraction from pain. I may sense my troubles more in t... View More
Comfort in Literature in the Face of Disease and Death
Pliny, Letters 8.19 “I have so much joy and comfort in literature that there’s nothing that can’t be made happier because of it and there’s nothing sad enough to detract from its effect. I am so tr…
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In a world torn apart by the French Revolution, doomed Queen Marie Antoinette exchanged secret letters with a rumored lover. Someone later censored them — and now scientists know who.
Ink analysis reveals Marie Antoinette’s letters’ hidden words and who censored them
Chemical analyses of letters written by Marie Antoinette solve a French Revolution mystery: Who censored the queen?
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Ancient Graffiti Project
Welcome to The Ancient Graffiti Project, a digital resource for locating and studying handwritten inscriptions of the early Roman empire. These ancient messages and sketches offer a window into the da...
