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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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‘Please Respect our Traditions’

Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens took his wartime protest straight to the top.

920

The Absent Minded Conquerors

Sir John Seeley urged us to cherish our close ties to India and other nations beyond Europe.

921

Srinivasa Ramanujan

A maths prodigy from Madras became so wrapped up in his sums that he forgot to pass his examinations.

922

An Avoidable Tragedy

Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.

923

The Great Bengal Famine

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

924

The Englishman

George Santayana had the chance to observe our national character at the height of Empire.