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John Newton knew exactly what kind of man he was. For years, he captained slave ships across the Atlantic, trafficking human beings in chains —...
In 2011, the tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, stripped the coastal town of Rikuzentakata down to mud and silence. Among the 70,000 pine trees that...
In 1873, a thirty-three-year-old Belgian priest named Damien de Veuster stepped off a cargo ship onto the rocky shore of Kalaupapa, a remote peninsula on...
John Newton had blood on his hands. For years he commanded slave ships, transporting human beings across the Atlantic in conditions of unspeakable horror. He...
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Eric Liddell was Britain's fastest man heading into the 1924 Paris Olympics. Every expert expected him to win gold in the 100-meter dash. But when...
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In 1924, Eric Liddell stunned the world by refusing to run his best event at the Paris Olympics because the heats fell on a Sunday....
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In 1534, Sir Thomas More stood in the Tower of London, stripped of his title as Lord Chancellor of England — once the most powerful...
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In September 1939, before a single German bomb had fallen on London, the British government launched Operation Pied Piper — the largest mass evacuation in...
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In 1925, Eric Liddell was the most famous athlete in Britain. His gold medal at the Paris Olympics had made him a national hero, and...