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"We had always been convinced that Victorianism was a myth, engendered by the long life of the sovereign and of her most illustrious subjects. We were constantly being told that the Victorians did this, or the Victorians thought that, while my own difficulty was to find anything on which they agreed: any assumption which was not at some time or other fiercely challenged. 'Victorian History'.


In 1885 Canadians were sailing to the war in the Sudan and ...

In 1885 Canadians were sailing to the war in the Sudan and fleets and armies were gathering for war with Russia.

A party which takes office with no programme except to reverse the course of history invites such ironies.

But Ireland will be kept waiting no longer, and if weendeavour to contemplate the Irish question as a problem of pure politics, we shall probably judge that it was capable of two solutions only. Either Ireland was

an integral part of a

really United

Kingdom, under a sovereignty as

much Irish as English, or it was a subject province.

But in either case, a territory in which the Sovereign cannot protect loyal subjects from gross and continual outrage cannot be regarded as effectively part of his dominions, and it must either be recovered or abandoned. Between these two ideas, Reconquest and Separation, modified into Resolute Government and Home Rule, Late Victorian policy wavered.

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As early as 1865, John Bright had suggested that the Conservative and ...

As early as 1865, John Bright had suggested that the Conservative and Liberal leaders should bring forward a joint scheme for the government of Ireland.' It is not easy to c

It was no doubt conceivable, and it was often argued, that a ...

It was no doubt conceivable, and it was often argued, that a secure administration would attract capital to Ireland, that capital alone was requir

Here was no powerful class of resident, improving landlords, or rich and ...

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