British - Politician | November 16, 1811 - March 27, 1889
Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.
John Bright
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The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.
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We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years.
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It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people.
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As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.
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It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school.
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Popular applause veers with the wind.
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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.
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