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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Lord Acton
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(John Acton, 1834–1902, baron 1869) English historian widely remembered for his statement in a letter of 1887 that 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely'.
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