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  • History

    Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) English author, social thinker. A younger H.G. Wells. Of course such a predominant personality and a huge shaper of the current world he has… Read More ›

  • Marshall – Speech

    Commemorating a great tragedy, and how a school, a town and individuals coped with it. The movie “We Are Marshal”. In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash…. Read More ›

  • Life

    The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. William Mather Lewis March 24, 1878 – November 11, 1945 was an American teacher, university president, local politician, and a… Read More ›

  • Shot

    Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Statesman, Writer. Churchill, the Soldier and War Correspondent After seven months of basic training, Churchill was given his first leave. Instead of… Read More ›