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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Private Risk, Public Benefit

For George Stephenson, the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was a code to live by.

98

A Glide Into the Future

A dinner host enthralls his guests with an extraordinary scientific experiment.

99

A Passion for Meddling

Richard Cobden questioned both the wisdom and the motives of politicians who intervene on foreign soil.

100

Left Holding the Baby

A gentleman travelling home from London by train reached his destination carrying more than he set out with.

101

An Aristocracy of Mere Wealth

Richard Cobden was not a little envious of the USA’s open and can-do society, but he did not covet her republicanism.

102

The Heron and the Crab

An ageing Heron finds himself a little too stiff to fish for himself, so he thinks of a way to get the fish to do it for him.