The Emperor’s Vision

This beautiful legend behind the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar in Heaven in the heart of Rome is brought to us by Selma Lagerlöf as part of her book Christ Legends. I transcribed it in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-emperors-vision.pdf

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À Paris !

Here is a little charming anecdote told by American Presbyterian minister Frank Crane, from his book Adventures in Common Sense, transcribed by yours truly in Sténographie Gregg (Anniversary and Simplified) for the blog. Attachment: a-paris-anniv.pdf Attachment: a-paris-simpl.pdf

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200 Tons — and It Flies!

The Hughes H-4 Hercules (registration NX37602) is a prototype airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company in the 1940s. It was built from wood, almost entirely of birch, because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum and concerns about weight; the aircraft was nicknamed the “Spruce Goose.” It is the…

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The Sinking of the Lusitania

On May 7, 1915, two years after the sinking of the Titanic, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans. On the following day, this editorial was…

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A First Assessment of the Sinking of the Titanic

The following speech was delivered at the inauguration of the classes on Naval Architecture at Glasgow University in 1912, after the Titanic disaster, by Professor John Harvard Biles, at the time Vice-President of the Institution of Naval Architects. He discussed the causes of the loss of the Titanic and the proposals of the Board of…

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La Marseillaise

For our francophone writers and in celebration of Bastille Day (la Fête nationale française, le 14 juillet), the story of La Marseillaise, as told by the French author, poet, and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine, and transcribed by yours truly in Sténographie Gregg (both Anniversary and Simplified) for the blog. Attachment: la-marseillaise-anniv.pdf Attachment: la-marseillaise-simpl.pdf

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Revolution

David Ramsay was one of the American Revolution’s first major historians. Although trained as a physician, during the Revolutionary War he was a member of the South Carolina legislature. Since he was personally involved in the events of the revolution (him serving as field surgeon in the South Carolina militia and his brother Nathaniel as…

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Améliorer son vocabulaire

Here is small selection transcribed in Sténographie Gregg by yours truly for the blog (both in Anniversary and Simplified). Attachment: améliorer-son-vocabulaire-anniv.pdf Attachment: améliorer-son-vocabulaire-simpl.pdf

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