The conflict between liberty under divine authority and the absolutism of human authorities ended disastrously. ...In the very year 586 [BCE], in whi… - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

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The conflict between liberty under divine authority and the absolutism of human authorities ended disastrously. ...In the very year 586 [BCE], in which the flood of Asiatic despotism closed over the city which had been, and was destined again to be, the sanctuary of freedom in the East, a new home was prepared for it in the West, where, guarded by the sea and the mountains, and by valiant hearts, that stately plant was reared under whose shade we dwell, and which is extending its invincible arms so slowly and yet so surely over the civilised world.

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About John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902) was an English Catholic historian, commonly known as Lord Acton.

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Alternative Names: Lord Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton John Dalberg-Acton John Acton Sir John Dalberg-Acton "Magistrate of History"
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