History of Singapore/crown Colony 1867%e2%80%931942

Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, crown and/or colony:

    Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.
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    Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
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    All pathways by His feet are worn,
    His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea;
    His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn;
    His cross is every tree.
    Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916)

    “Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.
    —Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)