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Liberty and Prosperity
Honourable Mr Fox
The colourful Foreign Secretary humbly accepted a lesson in manners from a local tradesman.
by Samuel Smiles 1812-1904
Lives of the Saints
Tamed by Wisdom, Freed by Grace
Abbot Elfric expounds a Palm Sunday text to explain how Christianity combines orderly behaviour with intelligent and genuine liberty.
by Elfric of Eynsham 955-1010
International Relations
Guardian of Peace
J. S. Mill argues that free trade has done more to put an end to war than any political union or military alliance.
by John Stuart Mill 1806-1873
The Grievances of the South
Victorian MP Richard Cobden believed British politicians supporting the slave-owning American South had been led a merry dance.
by Richard Cobden 1804-1865
Dixie on Thames
Victorian MP Richard Cobden offered a startling analogy for the American Civil War.
The Reform Acts
Nineteenth-century Britain had busy industrial cities and a prosperous middle class, but no MPs to represent them.