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Power Corrupts: Essays on Freedom and History

By John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Timothy Wirkman Virkkala (Introduction), Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction)
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By John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Timothy Wirkman Virkkala (Introduction), Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction)
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“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

That’s all most folk know of the works of Lord Acton. One sentence. A memorable sentence, no doubt, and a true statement, too. But readers of the present collection, Power Corrupts: Essays on Freedom and History, will learn much more.

This collection of essays, which begins with a thorough introduction by historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, provides not merely an overview of Lord Acton’s work, but a major education on the nature of ...

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