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I was born on the cusp of two centuries. I served as prime minister of Portugal for 27 years. I was well regarded for my decisive leadership in the wake of the deadly earthquake in Lisbon in 1755. I was a considerable reformer in economic and social matters, and abolished slavery, being one of the…
In the British Parliament in 1871, Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli described an occurrence which he felt was ‘a greater political event than the French Revolution’, and how as a result the balance of power has been entirely destroyed, and the country which suffers more and feels the effects of this change most is England.’ To…
