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Timberati: "The more I read about [Socrates], the less I wonder that they poisoned him" - Thomas Babbington Macaulay
DLNarayan2: A civilization which gave planned cities like Harappa and Mohenjodaro is incapable of making gardens? How colonized can minds get? This colonel will make Thomas Babbington Macaulay’s heart swell with pride.
AmandaJCarrod: "Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!"
Thomas Babbington Macaulay, 2nd March 1831
Taken from Hansard's Debates of the House of Commons, vol 2.
svmke1: “A war of Bengalees against English men was like a war of sheep against wolves, of men against demons.”
— Thomas Babbington Macaulay
arafatkamaal: In the modern context this began right after the Mughals fell after Indian Rebellion of 1857, this and after significant portions of Indian muslims didn't get onboarded to Thomas Babbington Macaulay's reforms.
Over time led to creation of AMU by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
ameswicksniper: -“Horatius,” stanza XXVII in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. Recited at the beginning and at the end of “Into the Storm.”
Ameskittysniper: -“Horatius,” stanza XXVII in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. Recited at the beginning and at the end of “Into the Storm.”
svmke1: “A war of Bengalees against English men was like a war of sheep against wolves, of men against demons.”
—Thomas Babbington Macaulay
jinxedbeauty: -“Horatius,” stanza XXVII in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. Recited at the beginning and at the end of “Into the Storm.”
mercilessplot: Annoying to get Thomas Babbington Macaulay and William Makepeace Thackeray confused. Only one of them had a proverbial wife in the attic.
baroque_pride: “To every man upon this earth,
death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better,
than facing fearful odds,
for the ashes of his Fathers,
and the temples of his Gods?”
Lays of Ancient Rome- Thomas Babbington Macaulay
lvdorvm: Thomas Babbington Macaulay
Leicestershire
The Battle Of Moncontour
Oh, weep for Moncontour! Oh! weep for the hour,
When the children of darkness and evil had power,
When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod
On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God.
madness_quote: The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - Thomas Babbington Macaulay[1920x1080]
InspirtnlQuotes: The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. - Thomas Babbington Macaulay[1920x1080]
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MUDDLAW: Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
“To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods…”
-“Horatius,” Thomas Babbington Macaulay
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puddleg: Thomas Babbington Macaulay trending today -
"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators."
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QandS_Quotes: The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ~~ Thomas Babbington Macaulay
jokeKAtoken: So when THOMAS BABBINGTON MACAULAY [FROM LEICESTER OR LITTLE INDIA WHERE IN A CAR PARK LIES THE REMAINS OF THE PLANTAGENET OR WELL MAYBE CATHOLIC KINGS WHOSE ANCESTRY WAS BROKE WITH THE HANOVER HANDOVER WHICH DIDN'T REALLY END UP ROYALTY IN BLIGHTY] PENNED THAT DOGS DINNER>4
svmke1: "A war of Bengalees against English men was like a war of sheep against wolves, of men against demons"—Thomas Babbington Macaulay!
From Germany to Bengal, to me, it's the mankind has failed to tame the Demonism or pass its test. Cricket & corona bats, such symbols, don't you see?
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WokeMuggle: Since we're on the topic of languages, I'd like to share a small anecdote.
Do not use the word 'Vernacular'. It's origin can be traced back to the Latin word 'Vernaculous', meaning language of the slaves. The word vernacular was coined by Thomas Babbington Macaulay, who
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fsjenner: The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ~Thomas Babbington Macaulay
SarbaniC: I support English medium education for all. Am more or less aware of all the practical, admin & other difficulties. But English divide creates massive IE in India along caste-class lines. We the upper caste/class lots are all Thomas Babbington Macaulay's children.
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Indumakalktchi: Thomas Babbington Macaulay wrote thus to his father in 1836
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svmke1: Bengalees against English men was like a war of sheep against wolves, of men against demons"—Thomas Babbington Macaulay!
"Demon" is derived from the Greek daimōn (“supernatural being” “spirit”). But the (derived) word "demon" could actually signify Dyumān.
NudgeCloud: On plurals.
Found this by looking up *the supine stem of confiteor*, a phrase used by the UK PM to a class in Coalville.
A question to back Thomas Babbington Macaulay's, every schoolboy know who imprisoned Montezuma and who killed Atahualpa
pradmenon: To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods
-“Horatius,” in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
SalimAlalawi20: “To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his god…”
-“Horatius,” Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay.
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Colin_A_Fisher: Things to do when you can’t leave the house because you’re living under a State of Emergency No. 20: realise it’s the anniversary of the death of Charles Darwin and make a brown paper bag glove puppet. (That’s Thomas Babbington Macaulay in the background.)
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npcArts: Something children in public schools will not get to read and experience:
"Horatius at the Bridge" by Thomas Babbington Macaulay.
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duck464: “To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods…”
-“Horatius,” stanza XXVII in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay.
Kushanarchy: People with History Masters, please help Sharik.
Everyday, I learn something new from Sharik. A very rewarding experience. So I am sure assisting him would be assisting Lord Thomas Babbington Macaulay Culkin in saving their house from thieves.
tc1415: This is about Sir Edward Seymour Baronet, from Thomas Babbington Macaulay's "History of England from the Accession of James II"
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HamishMacEwan: ‟Never let us forget, that a tax on innocent pleasures is a premium on vicious pleasures.”—Thomas Babbington Macaulay
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Hiranyareta: The most influential of these was Thomas Babbington Macaulay who introduced the English education system in India. He made no secret of his goal of conversion of India to Christianity.
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obaidomer: Long thread coming
Horatius from The Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
Lars Porsena of Closium
By the Nine Gods he swore
That the great house of Tarquin
Should suffer wrong no more.
By the Nine Gods he swore it,
And named a trysting day,
Comey: Don’t let them get you down: “We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days. But so said all before us, and with just as much apparent reason. “ Thomas Babbington Macaulay (1830)
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jokeKAtoken: OF THOMAS BABBINGTON MACAULAY
WELL IT WAS NO DREAM
FOR IT WAS A BREAM!
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thwphipps: got nowhere near today's guardian cryptic, featuring as it did SUCCUBI, SOPHISTRY, RES, STACCATO, OMICRON, MACAU, a...
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antoniopenalaw: To every person upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can a person die better
Than facing fearful odds...
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