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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1219

‘Sussex’

A meditation on our instinctive love for the place in which we live.

1220

Triumph in Adversity

Two famous figures, one from the sciences and one from the arts, who turned suffering to advantage.

1221

Straightforward English

If freedom and democracy are to have any meaning, the public must be able to talk back to their governors.

1222

The Unselfishess of Free Trade

Victorian MP Richard Cobden pleaded for Britain to set the world an example as a nation open for business.

1223

Violet van der Elst

An eccentric, self-made businesswoman, who ‘made three fortunes and spent five’ in the campaign against the death penalty.

1224

The White Queen’s Riddle

Alice was set a poetical test of wits by the kindly (but like all the other characters, utterly maddening) White Queen.