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Newspaper
Empire
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 22, 1854
Page
11
An author argues for decimal figures in actuarial tables used by Friendly Societies, detailing life expectancy and sick leave data from Manchester Unity. He explains converting decimals to days and hours, defends precision over pedantry, and urges readers to preserve the tables for future analysis.
Readers weigh in on media fairness and the path to true democracy. An Another Worker argues for wiser press use and citizen cooperation, urging careful choice of journals that seek balanced justice over partisan gain.
A letter to the Empire editor defends the Church and clergy against attacks by writers described as litterateurs of talent and renouncing moral tith. The writer argues English readers tolerate criticism but seeks fair discussion rather than injurious expressions.
A Maine-law advocate and a Taxpayer respond to Prohibition ideas. The Layman defends Christian charity while warning against broad condemnations. The Taxpayer proposes passive government, nonrecognition of tavern debts, and bankruptcy limits to curb drinking without state enforcement.
Letters critique a West Hackney organist ad excluding women, arguing church economy and gender bias reflect broader social inequities. A second piece condemns long property trusts as entrenching class division and urges gradual reform of trusts and entails. A third laments public meeting disorder and urges strategic, dispersed modest influence by good citizens to steer peaceful, productive gatherings.
The piece contrasts two governing forces within nature and humanity. It frames a recurring conflict between good and evil as a battle akin to light versus darkness. The discourse questions whether the simile remains perfect and whether evil should ultimately prevail.
A Times and Newspaper press piece reprints Saxon on a journal’s reform hopes. The author likens the paper to a notoriety seeker who feeds on publicity and argues reproach boosts its coffers. Old Bulky’s reputation is propped by opposing critics and heated exchanges.
A correspondent critiques a leading journal for overreliance on government favor and ministerial control. He argues that papers suppressing reader letters lose public trust, citing the Daily News as more sagacious and moderate. He warns rivals may gain ground if they allow free public expression and rebut the overbearing paper.
A letter to the editor defending the Peace Society notes its modest origins in America and its measured pace under a practical founder. It praises public opinion’s growing strength, cautions against impatience, and foresees peace ideals stirring reform in Russia and elsewhere, urging readers to heed the movement’s teachings.
A review of The Hero of Our Days by Mikhail Lermontov translated by a female author. It notes Pushkin’s duel death, Lermontov’s exile to the Caucasus, and his own fatal duel at age thirty. It highlights the novel’s tragic double meaning and Lermontov’s fate as tied to his writing.
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