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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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A Time Like the Present

Charles Dickens set his historical novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) in the French Revolution seventy years before, but it was far from the dead past to him.

68

Thus Was the Empire Born

According to Kipling, the British Empire was the last resort of Englishmen who could not stand conditions at home.

69

Character Counts!

Salesman Richard Cobden wondered why his employers left a full warehouse in his hands without any kind of security.

70

The Making of a Great Citizen

Travelling salesman Richard Cobden was still in his twenties when he bought a loss-making mill for a hundred times his annual salary.

71

What the Romans Did for Us

The Romans did bring some blessings to Britain, but none so great as the one they did not mean to bring.

72

Intolerable Power

If Parliament is going to force its will on distant peoples, it must also give them the vote.