Handshakes
Sydney Smith tells of handshakes he has known, from those he barely felt to those he can feel to this day.
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Society
3 articles
Passages about the customs and institutions we create to support families, towns and countries.
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The Ignorance That Divides Us
Prince Albert urged the governing class to understand and help the working man, but stop short of interfering in his life.
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The Trouble with Men
The exasperated women of Athens challenge the men of the City to decide whether women are a blessing or a curse.
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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.