George F. Hoar: “Thanksgiving was then, as it is and ought to be now, the great day of the year.”

It is not too much to say that most of the main roads in England are Roman; but the very continuity of their use has caused this to be overlooked.

To go fully into the role of the number three in British traditions would require a profound study; but it may be useful briefly to note its influence on the Bardic poetry-- the Triads, where the subjects are all grouped in threes.

We bring you a more costly and precious gift than any jewel or diadem, though it came from an Emperor's treasury.

We speak of a light that makes darkness visible; and similarly there are sounds that deepen the long intervals of silence with which they alternate.