Longmans´ English Classics
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Excerpt from Longmans´ English Classics: Macaulay´s Speeches on Copyright, and Lincoln´s Cooper Institute Address Thomas Babington Macaulay was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, October 25, 1800. On his father´s side he descended from an excellent line of Scotch Presbyterians - many of whom were ministers. His father, Zachary, was a stern hero who never quite ¿tted into his environment. He reminds one of Carlyle in that he had great ideas always gnawing at his heart, but unlike Carlyle he could not express the thoughts that strove for utterance. He went to Jamaica as a bookkeeper for a Glasgow ¿rm. While there he became so disgusted with negro slavery that he refused an excellent salary to remain, and returned home, when twenty-four years old, to devote the remainder of his life to ¿ghting negro slavery in the British colonies. Macaulay´s mother, Selina Mills, was of Quaker birth, and possessed an affectionate nature, Well tempered with a clear vision of what was best for her children and a ¿rm resolution to carry her program to a successful conclusion. Certainly, Macaulay´s birth promised much. While yet a small child Macaulay displayed a remarkable precocity. He was a great reader and an inveterate talker. This precocity might easily have been his ruin, but his clear-headed mother guided him so intelligently that there was never a sign of "spoiling". An interesting instance of his premature mental development is that told of a visit to the house of a friend when he Was only four years old. A servant unfortunately spilled some hot coffee over the boy´s legs. The hostess Was, naturally, very compassionate and did all she could to ease the little sufferer. After a few moments she asked him how he was feeling, and "the little fellow looked up in her face and replied, ´Thank you, madam, the agony is abated."´ 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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