CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Category: History
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November 29: Anthony Browne
For today: Anthony Browne, First Viscount Montagu, born Nov 29, 1528. He’s important to us as an example of the man who is a member of the loyal opposition. Anthony Browne was the eldest son of a knight of considerable wealth whose estates included Battle Abbey and Hatchlands Park in Surrey and Sussex, and who…
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November 24: Lucy
On November 24, 1974, two anthropologists working in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression discovered bones from the skeleton of an a hominin, a human-like biological classification group. In particular, this skeleton appeared to be a member of the Australopithecus afarensis subgroup. Only about 40% of the skeleton was eventually recovered: part of one leg, pieces of both arms,…
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November 22: Aftermath
Sixty years after the event, I can tell you exactly what I was doing during my school lunch break on November 22, 1963: I was sitting on a bench, reading Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moon by Night, and waiting for my turn at handball. The handball court was at the far end of the playground, so…