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The word is often abused, but understood rightly, liberty can be the foundation of a nation’s happiness.

  • A photo of a Scottish serf being dragged from his grieving wife by servants of a haughty laird.

    01 • John Barbour

    Ah! Freedom is a Noble Thing

    John Balliol had to decide whether his first loyalty was to the throne of Scotland or to the man who put him there.

    John Barbour

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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.