Speeches and Writings, Volume 1H.W. Cave, 1929 - Constitutional history |
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... England ? What was the extent of literacy at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832 ? Eight years later , in 1840 , half the married men in England were found to be unable to sign their names in the marriage register . Popular education ...
... England ? What was the extent of literacy at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832 ? Eight years later , in 1840 , half the married men in England were found to be unable to sign their names in the marriage register . Popular education ...
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... England and America , and how they have been able to defeat the opposition of a powerful bureaucracy and of powerful European interests , and the apathy or treachery of many of their own country- men . " Unless we are willing to do ...
... England and America , and how they have been able to defeat the opposition of a powerful bureaucracy and of powerful European interests , and the apathy or treachery of many of their own country- men . " Unless we are willing to do ...
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... England , the evil consequences of the Roman system to both rulers and ruled , pointing a moral to England and us . Here are two of his pregnant obser- vations . ' Every historical student knows that the incubus of Empire destroyed ...
... England , the evil consequences of the Roman system to both rulers and ruled , pointing a moral to England and us . Here are two of his pregnant obser- vations . ' Every historical student knows that the incubus of Empire destroyed ...
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