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Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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This second volume collects essays and parliamentary speeches by the British historian and Whig politician Thomas Babington Macaulay, covering literary, historical, and political subjects. It suits readers interested in nineteenth-century British thought, oratory, and the essay tradition.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848. He is best known for his The History of England, a seminal example of Whig history which expressed Macaulay's belief in the inevitability of sociopolitical progress and has been widely commended for its prose style. Macaulay also played a substantial role in determining India's education policy.
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