Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
Winston Churchill and his Glow Worm
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HistoryWow’s Quick Shot Videos
A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
The source for this HistoryWow video is: Oscar and Bosie - A Fatal Passion by Trevor Fisher; General Historical Texts.
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- I was born in the Forbidden City, Beijing, in 1654.
- I was the son of a Qing Dynasty emperor and took control from the eunuch of the Thirteen Offices at the age of 15.
- My reign is considered one of the greatest in Chinese history. I annexed Outer Mongolia and Tibet, settled the border with Russia, opened four ports to foreign trade and encouraged the introduction of Western arts and science.
- I travelled extensively and was an avid reader and poet. I commissioned a great dictionary and a national atlas.
- My reign was so respected that my grandson later abdicated so that our reigns would be of equal length.
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Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
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HistoryWow’s Highlighted Historical Quotation
“I see it is said that leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British prime minister and statesmanSource: Churchill, Roosevelt & Company - Studies in Character and Statecraft by Lewis E. Lehrman
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