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...accounts allude to this sombre undercurrent. Despite the jubilation, the Manchester Guardian noted ‘how frequently…one saw eyelids which were not without a suspicion of tears’.[8] Whilst pleased and relieved that the ordeal was over, many were also prompted to confront the war’s immense costs. And for the bitterest observers, the news offered scant consolation....

...account of the science of mechanics in the investigation of natural things; and the moderns, laying aside substantial forms and occult qualities, have endeavored to subject the phenomena of nature to the laws of mathematics, I have in this treatise cultivated mathematics so far as it regards philosophy. The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect; as rational,...

...accounts. Part of the hospital’s plans to restore traumatised British officers to health was to put these men to work in the professions they knew. For Owen, this would include teaching English at Tynecastle High School, returning him to the reassuring rhythms of work routines. Capital interest This sparked my interest to find out more about Owen’s time in Edinburgh....

...account of the Korean War, T.R. Fehrenbach reflects on what was the state of military thinking until relatively recently: ‘An American commander, faced with taking the Louvre from a defending enemy, unquestionably would blow it apart or burn it down without hesitation if such would save the life of one of his men (T.R. Fehrenbach, This Kind of War, Kindle Edition, loc....