We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
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"I shall show you how the branches and tendrils of the plant of Bacchus are entwined about the history and the destiny of Rome."
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"All my works relate to the Fatherland, from whose soil they derive their strength."
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From the information coming out about the Titan submersible, it feels like Aeschylus could have written this play himself, but would have said, “This is so blatantly obvious that nobody will be
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Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Napoleon’s Marshals, by R. P. Dunn-Pattison (published 1909). “Go on, Ney; I am satisfied with you; you will make your way.” So spoke a captain
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I do not propose in this paper to enter into any general inquiry about the best method of writing history. Such inquiries appear to me to be of no real value, for
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Go where you will over the Lowlands of Scotland or England, or in western Europe over the countries south of the Danube, you will seldom find a district that cannot boast of
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Before noting further contributions of the Greeks and Romans, we shall stop to call attention to their tactical units, the phalanx and the legion. The phalanx consisted of rows of hoplites, heavy-armed
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The modern idea that the general is first and foremost the intellectual leader of the army is so well established that it is hard to realize that it is an evolution from
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"He was at once a ferocious scoundrel, a clear-headed general, an adventurous politician, a careful administrator, a man of letters and of refined taste. "
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There was a story in Big League Politics recently about a very brave doctor and his staff who threw away the poisonous jab and administered saline shots to children who’s parents concurred
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