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Richard Cobden : independent radical by Nicholas Cranford Edsall is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Richard Cobden : independent radical about?
On Richard Cobden's death, Charles Francis Adams noted in his diary that Cobden "had fought his way to fame and honor by the single force of his character. He had nothing to give. No wealth, no honors, no preferment. He first taught the multitude by precept and example that the right of government was not really to the few, but to the many." Disraeli was no less acute when he remarked that Cobden was "the greatest political character that the pure middle class of this country has yet produced."
Who reads Richard Cobden : independent radical?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nicholas Cranford Edsall
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674768796
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Political Science, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25