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© Stephen McKay. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Cradle of Our Race by Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke warned that the French Revolution could have a devastating effect on British and European culture.

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The Best and Worst of Britain attributed to Manoel Gonzales

A Portuguese merchant assesses Great Britain’s market under the Hanoverians.

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By Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Pubic domain.

The Temperate Zone by William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt complained that European politics offers only a choice of inhospitable extremes.

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© Cristian Bortes, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

Raw Haste by Sir Reginald Coupland

The French revolution failed because real liberty cannot be enforced overnight, or indeed enforced at all.

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The Power of Balance by George Canning MP

George Canning warned the Commons to be very careful about their plans for reform.

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The Spectatress by George Canning MP

George Canning urged Britain not to bring Continental Europe’s topsy-turvy politics home by getting too closely involved.

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A Gallant Attempt for the Crown : Only months after kidnapping the Duke of Ormond, Irish radical Thomas Blood was at it again, this time attempting to steal the Crown Jewels.
Russia’s Heroic Stand : In 1941, with much of the West subdued, Adolf Hitler bent the full force of his hatred on Moscow.
Repeat Offender :
In Two Minds : Join these ideas together to a form a single sentence, in at least two different ways.
The First Traffic Lights : The busy crossroads outside the Houses of Parliament was the testing ground for a new technology.
Good Companions : Explain what these wise classical authors are telling us.
The Rule of the Road : Being a free citizen doesn’t mean that everyone else has to get out of your way.
Blind Courage : George Santayana reprimanded politicians and military men who thought war was good for the country’s soul.
Patience : Make a single sentence out of these three ideas.
The Angel Cried : A hymn sung in the weeks after Easter, imagining how Gabriel brought the news of Christ’s resurrection to Mary.
She was a Phantom of Delight : Mary Wordsworth wasn’t pretty or bookish, but she was kind and vital, and William loved her.
Hardly : Tone down these bold assertions with ‘hardly’.
The Death of Julius Caesar : When Julius Caesar entered the Senate that day, a note warning him of treachery was clutched in his hand — unread.
Two Letters Home : A German soldier stopped the Great War so he could ask Captain Hulse to post a letter for him.
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