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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'.


The determinism of the classical economists got its deathblow when Thornton exploded, ...

The determinism of the classical economists got its deathblow when Thornton exploded, and Mill recanted, the doctrine of the Wage Fund.

The administrative Nihilism of the Manchester school had been confuted by experience, the example of the School Boards, the example of Birmingham.

The old Radical passion for logic and improvement, the old Tory confidence in leadership and authority, were again moving towards their natural alliance.

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But whether the inscription on the Union flag should be read Tory ...

But whether the inscription on the Union flag should be read Tory Democracy or Socialism depended mainly on the point of view of the beholder, who might perh

Alexander Macdonald said in 1850 that the Conservatives had done more for ...

Alexander Macdonald said in 1850 that the Conservatives had done more for the working classes in five years, than the Liberals in fifty.