Macaulay´s Second Essay on the Earl of Chatham (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Macaulay´s Second Essay on the Earl of Chatham Thomas Babington Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, England, in 1800. He was the eldest son of Zachary Macaulay, the eminent philanthropist whose labors did so much toward securing the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. Macaulay entered Trinity College, Cambridge, at eighteen. He was "gulfed" in his examination in mathematics, but distinguished himself in literary work. At twenty-six he was admitted to the bar; but law was not his vocation, and meanwhile he had made himself famous in London society by his essay on Milton, contributed to the Edinburgh Review in 1825. Zachary Macaulay had been a man of handsome property; but while his son was in college he met with heavy losses. Instead of inheriting something of a fortune as he expected, young Macaulay found himself poor. Nothing daunted by the prospect, he set manfully to work not only to support himself, but to help lift the burden of debt from his fathers shoulders. It was a hard struggle, and at one time he found himself so pinched for means that he was obliged to sell his Cambridge gold medals to get money enough to buy bread. In 1830 Macaulay entered Parliament. His speeches gained for him as much reputation as his essays. Gladstone, who sat with him in the Parliament of 1832, says that when it was known that Macaulay was "on his legs" there was a rush, and the empty benches of the House were soon filled with eager listeners. The brilliant young member for Calne was an ardent Whig, but in all things thoroughly independent. He was no politician; he would not, nay, he could not, sell his soul for any mess of pecuniary or popular pottage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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