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‘Sussex’
By Rudyard Kipling
A meditation on our instinctive love for the place in which we live.
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Triumph in Adversity
By Samuel Smiles
Two famous figures, one from the sciences and one from the arts, who turned suffering to advantage.
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Straightforward English
By NL Clay
If freedom and democracy are to have any meaning, the public must be able to talk back to their governors.
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The Unselfishess of Free Trade
By Richard Cobden
Victorian MP Richard Cobden pleaded for Britain to set the world an example as a nation open for business.
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The White Queen’s Riddle
By Lewis Carroll
Alice was set a poetical test of wits by the kindly (but like all the other characters, utterly maddening) White Queen.
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A Perfect Combination of Imperfections
By Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre meets a not very handsome stranger, and likes him all the better for it.
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