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By Eastman Johnson (1824-1906), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A runaway slave is recaptured, and charged with ingratitude by the master who has taken such pains to afford him economic security.
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By William Heath (1795-1840), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Faced with a choice between silence, dungeon or exile, William Cobbett chose exile — and then had to make sense of it.
By William Barnes Wollen (1857–1936), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
In August, 1775, King George III responded to the news of rebellion in the American colonies.
© Number 10, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
We all want our politicians to be clever men, but being cunning isn’t the same as being wise.
© Reda Kerbush, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
The diplomat’s task is to see the best in other peoples, not to scold them for their failings.
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American journalist and poet WC Bryant numbered Richard Cobden MP among the world’s statesmen, not our politicians.
© Hubert Śmietanka, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.
Richard Cobden questioned both the wisdom and the motives of politicians who intervene on foreign soil.