[Perseverando]

American History, American Minute Time for another great American (and world) history lesson from American Minute.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[BenLurkin]

Recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2446057.The_Gallant_Six_Hundred_A_Tragedy_Of_Obsessions

[dainbramaged]

The Alaska State Museum in Juneau has Seward’s desk and the canceled check for the purchase of Alaska from the Russians.

[ClearCase_guy]

Wave after wave, each mightier than the last,
Till last, a ninth one, gathering half the deep
And full of voices, slowly rose and plunged
Roaring, and all the wave was in a flame:
And down the wave and in the flame was borne
A naked babe, and rode to Merlin's feet,
Who stoopt and caught the babe, and cried "The King!
Here is an heir for Uther!"

-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in Idylls of the King, The Coming of Arthur

[BEJ]

I remember having to memorize that poem... do they even do that anymore?

[the_Watchman]

Kipling’s “The gods of the copybook headings” is over 100 years old and it is as relevant as ever.

Copybooks were used by young students to learn how to write. There would be short saying at the top of each page which the student would copy multiple times in order to practice penmanship. They were also being introduced to the wisdom of the ages. Example sayings might be: “He who dances must pay the fiddler.” and “He who pays the fiddler calls the tune.”

The poem laments that throughout the ages, people ignore wisdom leading to their own demise.

[Shark24]

Love all. But as a military guy, I’ve told my students that we only need one “Charge of the Light Brigade” every two thousand years or so to inspire us. Patton is a better example for execution of war.