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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Heracles and the Waggoner

Heracles refuses to come to the aid of man who is perfectly able to help himself.

548

A Moral and Religious People

John Adams, the second President of the USA, told army officers in Massachusetts that the Constitution he had helped to draw up could not guarantee them liberty.

549

A Backward Step

As William Lecky watched the rapid spread of socialism across the European Continent, he was struck by a powerful sense of déjà vu.

550

Democracy in Europe

Events in Italy and Austria seemed to be bringing the day ever closer when a European democracy would vote herself into oblivion.

551

The Spanish Armada

At the height of the Inquisition, King Philip II of Spain sent a glorious fleet against England to bring the nation back to his Church.

552

‘Ah! Freedom is a Noble Thing’

John Balliol had to decide whether his first loyalty was to the throne of Scotland or to the man who put him there.