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International Relations
Brigands and Imbeciles
John Bright dismissed fears that digging a tunnel under the English Channel would encourage a French invasion.
Length: 120 words
Character and Conduct
The Great Brassey Keeps his Word
Once railway engineer Thomas Brassey made a promise he kept it — even if he wasn’t aware that he’d made one.
Length: 115 words
Mediaeval History
The Voyage of John Cabot
On the Feast of St John the Baptist, June 24th, 1497, Venetian navigator John Cabot claimed North America for the King of England.
Length: 104 words
Discovery and Invention
The First Steam Whistle
After an accident at a level crossing, the bosses of the Leicester and Swannington Railway acknowledged that drivers needed more than lung power.
Length: 119 words
Private Risk, Public Benefit
For George Stephenson, the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was a code to live by.
Length: 118 words
Liberty and Prosperity
Fuel of Freedom
Victorian economist Alfred Marshall argued that it was no accident that free societies and coal-powered industries are found together.
Length: 110 words