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...Estensi were one of the proudest and most ancient reigning houses in Italy. In Leonardo's time, besides the heir Alphonso, whom Lucrezia Borgia married after she had had her third husband murdered, there were two d'Este daughters, Isabella and Beatrice. Leonardo was working at the splendid court of Ludovico Sforza, later duke of Milan, when his patron married Beatrice, younger and more beautiful of the two. Between her marriage at 16 and her death in childbirth at 22, Leonardo saw much of her and painted two of her husband's mistresses. Two years after...
Retiring officers of the Classical Club announced selection of their successors yesterday. Alan McNaughton Gordon Little, tutor in the division of Ancient Languages succeeds Reginald I. W. Westgate, tutor in the same field, as President...
...years to honor its ancient friend China with an embassy, but refrained. In 1924 when the U. S. S. R. paid China the compliment of an embassy, in 1934 when Italy followed suit, the U. S. still refrained. But when Japan, discovering that China might be captured in the arms of . friendship more cheaply than by the arms of war. gave China an embassy, the U. S. and Britain hastily jumped upon the bandwagon, arranged a simultaneous announcement. The U. S. might as well have tagged along with Germany who acted a day later. To the Chinese...
Poland's Westminster Abbey is the cathedral of Wawel Castle. Here lie buried Poland's ancient kings and heroes: John Sobieski who saved Vienna and Europe from the Turks in 1683; Kosciuszko, Champion of Liberty; Prince Poniatowski. President Moscicki pronounced the last eulogy and the body of Marshal Pilsudski, in a silver coffin, was laid to rest beside them. With much simpler ceremonies Marshal Pilsudski's heart will be buried by his mother's grave at Vilna. To capture Vilna, Marshal Pilsudski sent Poland to war in 1920, and his brain will go to the University...
...those who are still separated from us consider attentively the ancient glories of their church, which were at once the reflection and the increment of the glories of the Church of Rome. Let them consider, moreover, and remember that this Apostolic See has been waiting for them so long and so anxiously not as coming to a strange dwelling place but as finally returning to the paternal home...