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January 30th 2011
This is going to be a pretty short entry. I finally finished the National Museum of Scotland on Monday! Tuesday was Burns day. Robert Burns is popular here since he was a Scottish author who celebrated Scotland in his work, including its landscape and Scottish dialogue. He also collected traditional Scottish songs for an anthology, reviving older Scottish culture. I didn't really do anything fo ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more