“The hour-glass whispers to the lion’s roar,
The clock-towers tell the gardens day and night
How many errors Time has patience for,
How wrong they are in being always right.”
W H Auden (1939)
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Greek-Scottish cooperation illuminates actions of Thomas Cochrane | eKathimerini.com It was a wintry yet mild evening. We passed the submarine Protefs; 54 meters from bow to stern, it is one of the most striking exhibits of the Maritime Park that will be created in the coming years.

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1200 letters digitised....🥹

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Lord Cochrane's boarding pistols

Source: Museo Marítimo Nacional, Chile.
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British naval officer, Thomas Cochrane wrote, "Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community, loyalty to the community into loyalty to the nation, and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind. The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world." #ThomasCochrane

Bible Readings for December 14, 2025 Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today our passages are Jonah 1:1–4:11; Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 133:1-3; and Proverbs 29:26-...

Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today our passages are Jonah 1:1–4:11; Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 133:1-3; and Proverbs 29:26-27. #BibleinaYear #BibleReadings #ContemporaryEnglishVersion #Jonah #Revelation #Psalms #Proverbs #ThomasCochrane

OTD (8 December) in 1857 the Earl of Dundonald was promoted to Admiral of the Red ⚓️

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"Rashness, though often imputed to me, forms no part of my composition. There is a rashness without calculation of consequences; but with that calculation, well-founded, it is no longer rashness."
- Lord Cochrane-
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Such an incredible honour to be invited!
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OTD in 1800, Thomas Cochrane was appointed commander of His Majesty's sloop the Speedy.
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