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A Monument to Liberty
By Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles explains why the London and Birmingham Railway was an achievement superior to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
470
The Grievances of the South
By Richard Cobden
Victorian MP Richard Cobden believed British politicians supporting the slave-owning American South had been led a merry dance.
471
Dixie on Thames
Victorian MP Richard Cobden offered a startling analogy for the American Civil War.
472
The Firstborn Liberty
By John Milton
John Milton (of ‘Paradise Lost’ fame) urged Parliament not to fall into bad old habits of censorship, whatever their fears may be.
473
Inquire Within
By John Stuart Mill
Philosopher and social activist John Stuart Mill discusses the most liberating kind of education.
474
A Pledge to the People
By Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke pleaded with Parliament to emerge from behind closed doors and reconnect with the British public.
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