"I conceive it to be the duty of every educated person closely to watch and study the time in which he lives, and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what he believes Providence to have ordained."
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Speech of the Prince Consort at the Mansion House, 21 Mar. 1850, in The Principal Speeches and Addresses of H.R.H. the Prince Consort (John Murray, 1862), p. 109-110
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Albert, Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 – December 14, 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. He was interested in the arts, science and technology, and led the Great Exhibition project in 1851. After his death in 1861, Queen Victoria spent the rest of her life in mourning, and always wore black.
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