A collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays on a wide range of social issues, ranging from poverty and education to war and politics. Written by prominent thinkers and reformers of the mid-19th century, including Charles Dickens and John Stuart Mill, these essays reflect the spirit of social and political reform that characterized the Victorian era.

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