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1543
The Dogmatist Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes

Schools inspector Edmond Holmes expressed frustration with those who think that society at large owes them unthinking obedience.

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1544
The Doom of the Danaides Clay Lane

By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.

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1545
The Dove and the Flame Elfric of Eynsham

Elfric, Abbot of Eynsham in the reign of Æthelred the Unready, reflects on two appearances of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament.

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1546
The Duel Charles Dickens

Sir Mulberry Hawk’s coarse conduct towards Kate Nickleby has awoken a spark of decency in Lord Frederick Verisopht.

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1547
The Duel of the Kings Henry of Huntingdon

Edmund Ironside, King of England, and Cnut the Great, King of Denmark, fought hand-to-hand for one of European history’s richest purses.

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1548
The Duties of Government John Bright

John Bright told his Birmingham constituents that if Britain was indeed a great nation, it was because her public was contented and not because her empire was wide.

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