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Old Germanics were the first militarists

Professor Ron on war

Why "off with your head?" They wanted to show symbolically that you're not using your head, so you don't need it anymore!

Professor Ron on the decision making process behind using the guillotine during the French revolution

A few of you came up and banged out your inductive presentations

Professor Ron describing the process of picking an image at random from the textbook and giving a presentation on it as being "inductive"

In history it's easier to define it in chronotime

Professor Ron on the way historians define time periods

They had to invent a new word for that

Professor Ron on how Thomas Jefferson invented the word "president"

The first time in history anyone ever ascribed a word to the concept of war was in one of the Germanic warrior tribes

Professor Ron on the eloquence of the Germanic tribes

The Germanic word 'werran' for 'war' is where Jules Verne got his pen name

Professor Ron identifies Jules Verne as a pseudonym

As it is the mark of great minds to convey much in few words, so small minds are skilled at talking at length and saying little.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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