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1615
The Great Bengal Famine Clay Lane

The Governor of Bengal accused the East India Company of turning a crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe.

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1616
The Great Brassey Keeps his Word Samuel Smiles

Once railway engineer Thomas Brassey made a promise he kept it — even if he wasn’t aware that he’d made one.

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1617
The Great Chessboard Adam Smith

If Britain is a chessboard, then politicians should remember that the ‘pieces’ are alive, and they generally play a better game.

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1618
The Great Doxology The Book of Common Prayer

A prayer that has been sung daily at Mattins since the fourth century.

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1619
The Great Northern War Clay Lane

Peter the Great wanted Russia to join the nations of Western Europe, but the nations of Western Europe refused to make room for him.

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1620
The Great Stand at the River Ugra Lucy Cazalet

Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, finally stood up to the Great Horde and their opportunistic Western allies.

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