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Press Agents William Thomas Stead

When Lord Salisbury asked the Russian Minister of the Interior how many agents the Tsar had in India, the reply came as a shock.

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Press Pass Samuel Smiles

Young inventor James Watt’s life in London was overshadowed by the perpetual fear of being snatched.

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Presumption and Innocence Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens chastises those who alter the plots of classic tales to push some social agenda of their own.

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Private Prudence, Public Folly Adam Smith

Adam Smith contrasted the Government’s handling of the national economy with the way most families handled theirs.

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Private Risk, Public Benefit Michael Longridge

For George Stephenson, the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was a code to live by.

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Progressive Travancore S. Ramanath Aiyar

Contemporary historian Ramanath Aiyar catalogued the ways in which Maharajah Moolam Thurunal led the way in modernising British India.

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