"I believe it has been said that one copy of the Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides."
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January 1, 1970

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Richard Cobden, speech at the Manchester Athenæum, Dec. 27, 1850. See The Times, Dec. 30, 1830, p. 7. Quoted in Morley's Life of Cobden. Note, Volume II, p. 429. Also reference to same, p. 428.