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True Valor
Two thousand years before modern privacy laws, a student doctor promised never to repeat what they saw inside a patient's home.
Every medical student today takes an oath of some kind. They stand up, they promise to do no harm, and then they go to work. The custom feels modern.
It is not. In ancient India a student of medicine took a vow as well. We still have the words he was given.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.