When Pompey learned this he ordered his infantry not to advance farther, not to break the line of formation, and not to hurl the javelin,...

CAIUS MARIUS was a wise general:

Shortly after his return to England Helwys published a little book entitled The mistery of Iniquity , which set forth for the first time in England the concept of complete religious freedom. With rare courage the former country squire of Broxtowe Hall sent a copy of his new book with an inscription to King James I. In words as eloquent as they are bold, Helwys admonished the king to heed a principle that must have been strange to one of James's background.

The almost superhuman dedication of which early Christian women were capable is illustrated by the accounts of some of the martyrdoms. The Passion of Perpetua is one of the gems among early Christian literature. Aged twenty-two, married a year previously, and with a baby at her breast, Perpetua was martyred for her faith in the year A.D. 203 in Carthage. Before her death, she managed to record her impressions of her imprisonment. Her father tried everything to make her recan

Brébeuf and his fellows carried on their work among the Hurons for more than a decade. But then warfare forced the Hurons to move, and many of the leading missionaries, including Brébeuf, were killed by the Hurons' enemies, the Five Nations Iroquois. Brébeuf's martyrdom came in 1649 when he was captured by a band of Iroquois. It says something of the stature he had gained among the Native Americans that when he was finally killed, after excruciating torture, the Iroquois cut

John Greenwood was a 16 year old boy who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army. Shortly after he joined the army he witnessed the aftermath of a great battle as the soldiers who fought were returning to their base:

On August 25, the division conducted a reconnaissance downriver from the Falmouth. Between Port Conway and King George Court House the cavalry collided with Confederate infantry. The Michigan Brigade led the division, and Custer dismounted the first and Sixth Michigan, sending them forward against the Rebels posted in woods. He and his staff remained on horseback on the road between the two regiments. In James Christiancy’s words, they were in the “most exposed” position on t