Ridpath's history of the world - being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social (14792244893)

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Title: Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Jones Brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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inistrationwas .seen from the beginning; the DerbyMinistry was a pis aUer from the first, and onaccount of its obscure membership was desig-nated as the Who? Who? Ministry. A Parliamentary incident of the timeserves well to illustrate the peculiar move-ments of the public mind in England, and theresoluteness with which opinion in that coun-try is .sometimes confronted by the individualwill. In 1847 Thomas Babington Macaulay,the historian, had lost his seat in the Houseof Commons. For some time he had sat inthat body as the representative of Edinburgh,and had reflected fame on his constituents bythe brilliancy of his talents. At length, how-ever, he gave ofl^ense to his rigid and exactingpeople by supporting a bill for a Parliamentarygrant to tlie Royal Catholic College of May-nooth, in Leinster, Ireland. Accordingly,when the election came round, Macaulaysname sank to the third place on the poll-bookof Edinburgh, and he was, fortunately for him- sm VyjVEBSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD
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DUKE OF WELLIKGTON. Ottt^Al BRITAIN—FROM HYDE PARK TO liOiirHORUS. 331 self, and still more fortunately for the interestsof historical literature, remanded to privatelife. Proud in his humiliation, he refused tostand for any other constituency, and Edin-burgh, equally stiff in her resolve, was slowto recall her offending favorite to her service.At length, however, her resentment gave placeto common sense, and it was signified to Ma-caulay that if he would offer himself, he shouldbe again elected to Parliament. Not he. If theelectors of Edinburgh should choose, of theirown volition, to return him to the House ofCommons, he would heed their call. I shouldnot, said he in answer, feel myself justifiedin refusing to accept a public trust offered to mein a manner so honorable and so peculiar.He was accordingly elected by a great majority,and at the opening of the session, in 1852,again took his seat in Parliament. It was in this same autumn that the agedDuke of Wellington reached the end