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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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The School of Difficulty

It is not educational institutions and methods that advance science or the arts, but people.

1160

Mr Faraday

Faraday’s work on electromagnetism made him an architect of modern living, and one of Albert Einstein’s three most revered physicists.

1161

On Equal Terms

An aristocratic statesman was choked with emotion as he reflected on Britain’s creative social mobility.

1162

Sir Sandford Fleming

What George Stephenson was to the railways of England, Sandford Fleming was to the railways of Canada.

1163

As Good as his Word

Benjamin Disraeli did not make a promising start to his Parliamentary career - but he did start with a promise.

1164

The Knight’s Tale

Two noble youths of ancient Thebes fall for the same princess.