Dishonor Quotes
The Inquisition had tortured De Molay and his fellow Templars forcing them to confess to blasphemy, homosexuality and other capital crimes. Finally De Molay was sentenced to be burned at the stake. At the last moment he confessed to having lied under torture.
See Ferdinand I for the Bulgarian denial {601322}.
This was part of the continual conflict between the Muslims and the Eastern Orthodox Christians. The Greeks ended up doubling their territory.
The staid clergyman who headed Yale solemnly predicted that if Thomas Jefferson were to win the election for President of the United States:
This is a very interesting historical quotations in that it describes the family culture of an important subset of Americans in the early 19th century. The Duena (chaperone) was a middle aged woman who would always accompany young, unmarried women whenever they left the home. A young man who would take a young lady for a carriage ride or anything else, would also have to take the duena.
This was the first success that the anti-slavery forces of England had—the recognition and official classification of slaves as humans. After that, it was easier to abolish the slave trade which occurred 16 years thereafter.
Eggleston was an accomplished writer who had served in the Confederate army of the Civil War. 20 year after the war he wrote a series of articles for the prestigious Northern Atlantic Monthly trying to convey the war from the Southerner’s point of view.
The only alternative is war or national dishonor; and between these two, what American can hesitate.
Canadian lumberjacks began operations on the Aroostook River area that was in dispute between Maine and Canada:
