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Maxioms by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.

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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.

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His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.

His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled
him to run, though not to soar.

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"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."

"Sidney Godophin," said Charles (II), "is never in the way and
never out of the way."

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A system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your
neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.

A system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your
neighbour and to love your neighbour's wife.

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