Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value: and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Facts

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

History Edinburgh Review

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Essay

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English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "History." Edinburgh Review, May 1828.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Free exchange of ideas

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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English

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1830 1830s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies on Society." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.

And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Dying for one's country Dying for one's religion

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Horatius Lays of Ancient Rome

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Poem

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Question

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English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Horatius." Lays of Ancient Rome. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, st. 27.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Journalism Media

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Hallam Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

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1828 1820s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Hallam." Edinburgh Review, Sept. 1828.

As civilisation advances, poetry almost necessarily declines... In proportion as men know more and think more, they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Poetry Downsides of progress

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Milton Edinburgh Review

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Essay

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English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Milton." Edinburgh Review, 1825.

With the dead there is no rivalry. In the dead there is no change. Plato is never sullen. Cervantes is never petulant. Demosthenes never comes unseasonably. Dante never stays too long. No difference of political opinion can alienate Cicero. No heresy can excite the horror of Bossuet.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Western intellectual tradition

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Lord Bacon Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

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1837 1830s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Lord Bacon." Edinburgh Review, July 1837.

The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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England

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Sir James Mackintosh Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

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1835 1830s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Sir James Mackintosh." Edinburgh Review, July 1835.

She thoroughly understands, what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

On the Catholic Church.

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Catholic church

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Von Ranke Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Von Ranke." Edinburgh Review, Oct. 1840.

The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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The Bible English language

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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John Dryden Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

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1828 1820s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "John Dryden." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1828.

We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Finance Money

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Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Southey's Colloquies Edinburgh Review

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.