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Not Ready for Power Robert W. Bruère

Man had proved spiritually unprepared for the discovery of coal, said Robert Bruère, and was poised to squander the next energy revolution too.

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‘Not to Exploit, Sir, but to Help’ Herbert Bury

Herbert Bury believed that it was the British way to profit with another country, not to profit from it.

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Not Worth a Shilling Samuel Smiles

Jack Curran’s career as a defender of victims of political prejudice got off to a stuttering start.

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‘Nothing clears up one’s ideas like explaining them’ H. G. Wells

Muddle-headed inventor Professor Cavor needs to think aloud, and for reasons of his own Mr Bedford is anxious to listen.

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Nouns of Number William Cobbett

William Cobbett gives his son James some helpful examples of collective nouns.

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November Thomas Hood

Humorist Thomas Hood obviously didn’t like to see the nights drawing in

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