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Philosopher and social activist John Stuart Mill discusses the most liberating kind of education.
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Charles took his rights and duties as a King with religious seriousness, but Parliament’s sense of both right and duty was just as strong.
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When Parliament overthrew the capricious tyranny of Charles I, it discovered an uncomfortable truth about power.
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Edmund Burke pleaded with Parliament to emerge from behind closed doors and reconnect with the British public.
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The British liberated the Ionian islands from Napoleon, then gave them fifty happy years and the game of cricket.
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Scottish King David I hoped to exploit the unpopularity of the Normans by trading on his own English heritage.