First they hired the house at Westminster, of one Ferres, and having his house they sought then to make a mine under the Upper House of
King Orders Fawkes to be Tortured
If he will not otherwise confess," the King had ended by saying, "the gentler tortures are to be first used unto him.”Continuing The Gunpowder
Fawkes Collects the Explosives
Though Fawkes kept silence as to the mine, he did not keep silence on the desperate character of the work on which he had been engaged.Continuing
Comenius’ Method to Education
Today's installment concludes Comenius Modernizes Education,our selection from John Amos Comenius - Bishop of the Moravians, His Life and
Peace Conference
Onontio, give ear. I am the mouth of all my nation. When you listen to me, you listen to all the Iroquois.Previously in The Jesuits in North America
Encyclopedia Approach to Education
By knowledge Comenius meant knowledge of nature and of man's relation to nature.Continuing Comenius Modernizes Education,our selection from John
Comenius Writes His Great Didactic
Meanwhile his great didactic treatise, which had been written in his native Czech tongue, was yet unpublished.Continuing Comenius Modernizes
Search for a General Method of Education
Bacon, though not himself a realist in the modern and abused sense of that term, was the father of realism.Continuing Comenius Modernizes
Columbus Claims Island for Spain
Today's installment concludes Columbus Discovers America,the name of our combined selection from Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Columbus. The