Mises Daily
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
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[This article is excerpted from The Liberal Tradition from Fox to Keynes , newly back in print from the Mises Institute . It comes from Macauley’s speech in the House of Commons on the civil disabilities of the Jews , April 17, 1833.] When the question was about Catholic emancipation , the cry was, “See how restless, how versatile, how