1834, I, 187.
[404] 1 Pet., III, 8.
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[405] ~Epsom~. A market town in Surrey, where are held the famous Derby
races, founded in 1780.
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[406] Sallust's _Catiline_, chap. LII, Sec. 22.
[407] The ~Daily Telegraph~ was begun in June, 1855, as a twopenny
newspaper. It became the great organ of the middle classes and has been
distinguished for its enterprise in many fields. Up to 1878 it was
consistently Liberal in politics. It is a frequent object of Arnold's
irony as the mouthpiece of English philistinism.
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[408] ~Young Leo~ (or ~Leo Adolescens~) is Arnold's name for the typical
writer of the _Daily Telegraph_ (see above). He is a prominent character
of _Friendship's Garland_.
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[409] ~Edmond Beales~ (1803-81), political agitator, was especially
identified with the movement for manhood suffrage and the ballot, and
was the leading spirit in two large popular demonstrations in London in
1866.
[410] ~Charles Bradlaugh~ (1833-91), freethought advocate and
politician.
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