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Private Prudence, Public Folly
By Adam Smith
Adam Smith contrasted the Government’s handling of the national economy with the way most families handled theirs.
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Vige, the Viking’s Dog
By Snorro Sturluson
Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.
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‘Nobody Wants to Invade You’
By Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.
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Of Hares, Hounds and Red Herrings
By William Cobbett
In January 1807, newspapers breathlessly reported that Napoleon Bonaparte’s rampage across Europe was at an end — but was it true?
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‘God Never Sends Mouths Without Sending Meat’
Riding through Sussex, William Cobbett comes across a large family relaxing together in front of their charming cottage.
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How I Learnt to Write
By Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin recalls the disciplines he put himself through on the way to becoming one of America’s literary giants.
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