Did the events we are going to tell you about really take place in history? It is hard to be sure. If they really did happen, then they have undoubtedly made their contribution to the collective formation of social culture and ethics. On the other side, if such facts did not take place in the past and these stories were only a side product of the historical process – just a fiction, then it would still be surely possible to find similar stories in the centuries-old social memory… The essence of things is always there, available for us, but it becomes truly ours in various forms only as our mind and spirit become ready for it…
- No, no, don't distract them! Better step aside and observe, be so kind. You will find pure pleasure in observing the inherent wisdom of children, and in addition – you won't interfere with their natural development! – Maria Montessori stood on the way to a gaming zone of her Orthophrenic institute and blocked the passage for three important government officials sent here to inspect the work of the institute and the techniques of upbringing and...
Admirers of the mysterious and romantic capital of France always perceive the warm autumn in Paris in different ways. Some find a source of inspiration and sublime feelings in motley whirling of the falling leaves, soft blinking of street lights and quiet chanson coming from small cosy coffee houses. Some are fascinated with reckless originality of the streets of Paris, unique colours of national life, outstanding traditional cuisine and the...
Twilight and slovenliness reigned in a small study of the owner of the printing manufactory. Weak rays of the autumn sun hardly made it through the dense curtains on the windows of the room and revealed quite extensive deposits of dust in the air and on the objects. Everywhere one could see random piles of manuscripts, books, newspapers, printing forms and vessels with samples of paint.
However, not the depressing atmosphere of the...
The bent old man with a mop of dishevelled grey hair on his head, wearing a black academic cloak over the strict tail-coat, has been slowly shuffling through the lobby of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His road was not easy, as he was moving through a boiling crowd of journalists, policemen, high officials, representatives of the European aristocracy and academic circles. Through the slightly blurred eyeglasses, the old man was staring...
- You want to know for sure if I'm a true inventor of the telephone ... – Mr. Alexander Graham Bell smiled thoughtfully and got up from his massive chair. Stroking his thick white beard he came up to a three-winged window half covered by heavy red curtains. – You came from the USA to the Canadian Nova Scotia. It’s been a long way, but you have managed to find me here in my estate. So you only wanted to ask this one question?!
Mr. Bell frowned, put his...
On November evening on the eve of St. Martin's Day 1659 one of the most popular taverns in the central part of Delft, which is located in the South of the Netherlands, halfway between Rotterdam and the Hague, was crowded with citizens joyfully celebrating the upcoming holiday. Pale light of the full moon shone evenly through the weeping windows of the pub and created a bizarre contrast with the trembling light from candles and oil lamps inside the...
During the breaks between classes corridors of the University of Basel are traditionally filled with steady hubbub of ringing young voices. Of course, at any university of the world in these moments students like to communicate with each other, discuss lectures and evening plans, and make fun of their friends and teachers. But in the University of Basel (founded by the bull of the Pope Pius II on November 12, 1459) the intricate and mysterious...
