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Bergen’s Blessings
By Charles Isaac Elton
In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.
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Mistress Liberty
By George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Lord Halifax tacks gratefully into the Winds of Liberty, though he trims his sails to avoid being blown into republicanism.
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Dominion and Liberty
Following the Restoration of King Charles II, the country charted a well-planned course between the extremes of civil licence and Government control.
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Interview with a Shepherd
By Samuel Pepys
After getting lost on a woodland walk and spraining his ankle, Samuel Pepys felt amply compensated when he stumbled across a flock of sheep.
95
Losing Steam
By John Stuart Mill
Those in Power may imagine that a docile and compliant public makes Government run more smoothly, but a society of that kind just won’t move forward.
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Social Intolerance
Even where freedom of speech and conscience are not curtailed by law, there is another kind of censorship that is just as destructive to progress.
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