The Copybook: Readings in history and literature

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Dixie on Thames by Richard Cobden

Victorian MP Richard Cobden offered a startling analogy for the American Civil War.

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The Moral Case for Family Farms by Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden called on Parliament to support small, family-owned farms.

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Character Counts! by Elbert Green Hubbard

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

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The Making of a Great Citizen by Elbert Green Hubbard

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

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Pot and Kettle by Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden wondered how the architects of the British Empire had the nerve to accuse Russia of imperialism.

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Statesman vs Politician by William Cullen Bryant

American journalist and poet WC Bryant numbered Richard Cobden MP among the world’s statesmen, not our politicians.

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A People Deserving of Respect by Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden deplored the way that politicians in Britain justified their wars abroad by portraying other countries as barbarous and backward.