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Show Truth or Heroics About Story of Joan of Arc? Although investigators have fairly well proven that Joan of Arc was never burned ut the stake, but was told to take off her male attire, go home and never fight again, there are many people who want the world to stick to her story because it Is heroic and inspirational, declares the Wom-man's Wom-man's Home Companion. The magazine adds, editorially, that it is far better to accept the findings of thorough research. re-search. According to the article. Investigators Investiga-tors found records of Joan's visit to Metz In 1436. five years after her denth was believed to have taken place, and subsequent papers recording record-ing her marriage and a costly gift to her by the city of Orleans In memory of the good she had done during the siege of the city. This was eight years after Joan's ashes were supposed sup-posed to have been scattered In the Seine. "For our part," concludes the article," arti-cle," we prefer to know the truth even when It hurts. In the long run, there Is nothing so inspiring as true knowledge." |