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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Sydney Smith was an essayist, political reformer, and sharp observer of society and human nature, who was also a warm-hearted and twinkle-eyed country clergyman.
Sydney Smith tells of handshakes he has known, from those he barely felt to those he can feel to this day.
Sydney Smith shares his definition of a strong marriage.
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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.