"His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar."
"Thus then stands the case: it is good that authors should be remunerated and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly, yet monopoly is an evil for the sake of the good. We must submit to the evil, but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good."
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The History of England from the Accession of James II; available in five volumes from Project Gutenberg; [2] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1468), [3] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2439), [4] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2612), [5] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2613), [6] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2614)
Critical and Historical Essays, edited by Alexander James Grieve; available in two volumes from Project Gutenberg; [7] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2332), [8] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2333)
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, available in four volumes from Project Gutenberg; [9] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2167), [10] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2168), [11] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2169), [12] (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2170)
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ThomasBabington (or Babbington) Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC (October 25, 1800 – December 28, 1859) was a nineteenth-century English poet, historian and Whig politician.
The son of Zachary Macaulay, a British colonial governor and abolitionist, Macaulay was born in Leicestershire and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Macaulay argued that copyright is a monopoly and as such has generally negative effects on society.
ThomasBabingtonMacaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian, essayist and politician, was born at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, on the 25th of October 1800.
Macaulay's appointment to India occurred at the critical moment when the government of the company was being superseded by government by the Crown.
Macaulay, the historian no less than the politician, is, however, always on the side of justice, fairness for the weak agaihst the strong, the oppressed against the oppressor.
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