Selected Famous English Works – Those Classics: Recent Episodes
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To Sir With Love Those school girl days of telling tales and biting nails gone. But in my mind, I know they will still live on and on. But how do you thanks someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume? It isn’t easy, but I’ll try. If you wanted the sky, I’d write across … Continue reading "To Sir With Love"
Silver Threads Among the Gold Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold, Shine upon my brow today, Life is fading fast away; But, my darling, you will be, will be, Always young and fair to me; Yes, my darling, you will be, will be, Always young and fair to me. When your … Continue reading "Silver Threads Among the Gold"
Sunrise Sunset Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don’t remember growing older, When did they? When did she get to be a beauty? When did he grow to be so tall? Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small? Sunrise, sunset, Sunrise, sunset, Swiftly flow the days; … Continue reading "Sunrise Sunset"
EDELWEISS Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Ev’ry morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright, You look happy to meet me. Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever. Edelweiss. Edelweiss, Bless my homeland for ever.
Morning Has Broken Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing, praise for the morning, Praise for them springing fresh from the world. Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven, Like the first dew fall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of … Continue reading "Morning Has Broken"
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1936- ) It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea. A mile from shore a fishing boat chummed the water, and the word for Breakfast Flock flashed through the air, till a crowd of a thousand seagulls came to dodge and … Continue reading "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King (1929-1968) …… I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up … Continue reading "I Have a Dream"
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls (1921-2002) Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they … Continue reading "A Theory of Justice"
Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call … Continue reading "Inaugural Address"
The Art of Scientific Investigation by William I.B. Beveridge (1908-2006) Albert Einstein distinguishes three types of research workers: those who take up science because it offers them an opportunity to exercise their particular talents and who exult in it as an athlete enjoys exercising his prowess; those who regard it as a means of livelihood … Continue reading "The Art of Scientific Investigation"