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   They settled in France, in a beautiful large house in Paris. To be happy deep in
your heart is the most wonderful thing in the world.

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                          A Break - through in Human History

    In the 1780s, a British judge called Sir William Jones was living and working in
India. During that time there he studied the ancient literary language of India called
Sanskrit, and noticed something unusual about a number of Sanskrit words: in fact,
they were similar to their equivalents in Latin. Take mother and father, for example.
In Sanskrit they are Mater and Piter. In Latin they are mater and pater. Could there,
he wondered, be some connection between Sanskrit and Latin, or could they be of a
common origin?
    The modern answer is 'yes'. Their research shows that between 6000-4500 ВС a
tribe called the Indo-Europeans settled in the northern part of Central Europe. These
people kept animals, grew crops and worked with leather and wool. They also had
their own language. Until 3000 ВС this language existed only in Central Europe, but
then two wonderful things happened: the Indo-Europeans learned to ride horses, and
they discovered the wheel. As the result, they (and their language) began to travel
long distances for the first time. Some went east to India and some went west to
Scandinavia, Britain and the Mediterranean.
    During the next 3000-4000 years, the languages Sanskrit and Latin developed in
these new regions — each with its own local words and phrases, and grammar.
Meanwhile, as they became stronger, Indo-European itself became weaker, until in
the end it disappeared completely. So, now it is a true fact that in the past all Indo-
Europeans spoke the same language, and lived in the same territory.

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                          Leonardo da Vinchi, a Complete Man
     Leonardo da Vinchi was one of the greatest men in the world. Most of us think of
him as an artist, as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", but he was much more than that.
He was a painter, a sculptor, an architect, an astronomer, an inventor, an engineer, an
anatomist, a botanist, a chemist and a geologist.
     Leonardo was born in the year of 1452 in the village of Vinci, sixty miles from
Florence in Italy. He was very good at drawing. Leonardo's father showed his work to
a friend named Verrochio. Verrochio was a famous artist and teacher. He liked Leo-
nardo's drawings and took the boy as a pupil to help him in his studio.
     Once Verrochio designed a picture for a monastery and Leonardo was told to
carry out the de-sign. When Verrochio saw Leonardo's beautiful painting, he knew
that this boy was a much better artist than he himself. Leonardo never studied the
work of other artists. He wanted to understand everything for him-self.


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