Honor

Feb 07, 2018Feb 02, 2018

A Matter of Honor

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable. English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist, Thomas More was born on this day in 1478. More opposed the Protestant Revolution. As a councillor to Henry VIII, More opposed the annulment of Henry’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and refused to acknowledge Henry as …

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Aug 10, 2017Aug 10, 2017

Honorable writing

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party. American engineer, politician, and 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, was born on this day in 1874 (died 1964). Hoover is not remembered as one of history’s most successful presidents. Defeated by FDR in a mid-Depression landslide, Hoover continued to speak out about …

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