Clay Lane

The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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Douglass in Britain

Frederick Douglass, the American runaway slave turned Abolitionist, spent some of his happiest days in Britain.

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Douglass’s Debt

British statesmen were among those who inspired the career of one of America’s greatest men, Frederick Douglass.

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Dr Wollaston

William Hyde Wollaston discovered new elements and helped Faraday to greatness, all from the top of a tea-tray.

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The School of Difficulty

It is not educational institutions and methods that advance science or the arts, but people.

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Mr Faraday

Faraday’s work on electromagnetism made him an architect of modern living, and one of Albert Einstein’s three most revered physicists.

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On Equal Terms

An aristocratic statesman was choked with emotion as he reflected on Britain’s creative social mobility.