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A Lecture on the Study of History

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

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Published2008
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LanguageEnglish
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton (1834–1902) was a British historian, politician, and writer of the Victorian era. He is best known for his famous dictum that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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