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Spinning Jenny
By Clay Lane
James Hargreaves’s historic invention was not without its critics when it first appeared.
278
Not for Sale
By Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy pleads with Britain’s scientists not to be bought by Napoleon’s gold.
279
The Absent Minded Conquerors
By Sir John Seeley
Sir John Seeley urged us to cherish our close ties to India and other nations beyond Europe.
280
An Avoidable Tragedy
By Adam Smith
Adam Smith argued that the Bengal Famine of 1769 would have been much less of a tragedy under a free trade policy.
281
The Great Bengal Famine
The Governor of Bengal accused the East India Company of turning a crisis into a humanitarian catastrophe.
282
The Nine Years’ War
King Louis XIV of France raised rebellion in Ireland to put his own man on the English throne.
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