1830s and 1849s Tories become “conservatives” and Whigs become liberals
Quotes
Oxford and God
Up until the 1850s students entering oxford had to adhere to the 39 articles, forming the foundation for the church of England.
People are “smart” to the extent that that, within any particular domain, they think for themselves, carefully, and learn from their mistakes.
Business owners liable
including all their personal possessions, through about mid century in England. Imprisonment for debt was not abolished until 1869.
book publishing 1927
annual output in 20s, 110 million books,10,000 titles No radio yet newspapers – 36M copies a day, 1.4 per household
life expectancy of pilots in WW1
British – spring of 1917 – 8 days 15000 men were killed or invalided in accidents in flight training in WW1
The purpose of life is to create value by doing work that interests you. Changes over time: – work has become more interesting –
Pandemic
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told journalists earlier this week it has been difficult preventing people from returning to their home villages amid huge
The rock on working out
Queen Victoria
The division of classes is the one thing which is most dangerous and reprehensible and never intended by the law of nature and which