I subscribe to the Pingu school of walking
ALT: a cartoon penguin is standing in a doorway in front of a phone
I wasn’t informed that arms have anything to do with walking 🤔
As always, these updates represent a small sample of the outstanding #histSTM#STS#FellowFriday. Until then, have a wonderful weekend! [9/9]
ALT: Ben Franklin 1776 GIF
If only I can make the proposal half as interesting 😄
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Oh yes! The “spleen theory” was quite a common medico-legal argument in court cases. Jordanna Bailkin’s amazing article on the subject shows that it wasn’t the boot, but the diseased spleen that was considered the problem.
without considering the "experience of the temperature in which the rash and negligent act was committed." She adds: "there is reason in the superstition which associates great heat with the devil. Operating alone, it can do almost as much as he can." [n/n]
who has fallen asleep with the slack rope in his hand." She then goes on to criticise those who demanded stricter punishments for the private soldier (Private Rigby/Private Howard) "who only meant to admonish" the punkah-wallah, stating that such incidents cannot be judged… [11\n]
Sara Jeanette Duncan, a Canadian author & journalist married to a British civil servant based in India, wrote in her journal, "On the Other Side", that the Indian summer "is also the very special time for the British private soldier to go out in anger and kick with his foot the punkah-wallah…[10/n]