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| Halley's Comet in the Bayeux Tapestry (Wikipedia) |
Note: The most important date in English history--1066, the year a French count took England as his own--is commemorated in this stunning work of art.
Get Ready: What can art teach us about history? Can it be trusted?
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| A railroad bridge in Alabama (Wikimedia) |
Note: A Buddhist sutra tells us life is "a bubble in a stream, A flash of lightening in a summer cloud, A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." No story I know illustrates the point better than this one.
Get Ready: What do you think happens in a person's mind at the moment of death?
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| Issun Boshi paddles himself in a bowl (Wikimedia) |
Note: The charming story of "Issun Boshi" proves that size really doesn't matter!
Get Ready: What do you think is the most important virtue a person can have?
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| An early 19th century Royal Navy captain (Wikipedia) |
Note: The novels about Horatio Hornblower start in mid-career and through prequels and sequels cover his entire life's work in the Royal Navy.
Get Ready: Would the career of a gentleman officer in the military be as interesting today as it was in the time of C. S. Forster?
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