Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... Edinburgh in 1750. The son of an Aberdeenshire clerk , Robert was intended to read Divinity at St Andrews University . When his father died , however , he abandoned his studies and walked to Edinburgh to search for a job . At eighteen ...
... Edinburgh in 1750. The son of an Aberdeenshire clerk , Robert was intended to read Divinity at St Andrews University . When his father died , however , he abandoned his studies and walked to Edinburgh to search for a job . At eighteen ...
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... Edinburgh University in 1703. The son of a Presbyterian minister , Carstares had spent much of his life exiled in Holland until William of Orange succeeded to the throne . In 1708 , Car- stares abolished the system of teaching by Regent ...
... Edinburgh University in 1703. The son of a Presbyterian minister , Carstares had spent much of his life exiled in Holland until William of Orange succeeded to the throne . In 1708 , Car- stares abolished the system of teaching by Regent ...
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... Edinburgh Academy was later built by private subscription . The academy was a peculiarly Scots invention . Perth was probably the first of a long list founded to teach subjects not included in the classical curriculum of grammar schools ...
... Edinburgh Academy was later built by private subscription . The academy was a peculiarly Scots invention . Perth was probably the first of a long list founded to teach subjects not included in the classical curriculum of grammar schools ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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