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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Dr Wollaston

William Hyde Wollaston discovered new elements and helped Faraday to greatness, all from the top of a tea-tray.

1166

The School of Difficulty

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

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Mr Faraday

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

1168

On Equal Terms

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

1169

Sir Sandford Fleming

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

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As Good as his Word

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