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As a young man, surveyor Thomas Telford was a red-hot political activist who yearned for revolution, but admittedly he had read just one book on the matter.
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Posted February 25 2022
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Edmund Burke tore into the directors of the East India Company, accusing them of doing less for the country than India’s mediaeval conquerors.
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Posted February 6 2022
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After the East India Company quieted the Maratha Confederacy in 1805, Harsukh Rai looked forward to a new era of good government.
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Posted February 5 2022
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After its prime minister signed the Maratha Confederacy over to the East India Company, the member states rose up in a body.
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Posted February 5 2022
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A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.
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Posted February 2 2022
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Man had proved spiritually unprepared for the discovery of coal, said Robert Bruère, and was poised to squander the next energy revolution too.
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Posted January 30 2022