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Article: AGENDA: The applied wisdom of Lord Acton.(Features)

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The Birmingham Post (England)
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June 28, 2008
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Byline: ARCHBISHOP NICHOLS

"All power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." This well known axiom was first stated by Lord Acton. Born in 1834 he studied here in Birmingham at the Catholic College of St Mary's in Oscott until 1848. His tutor, a DoctorWiseman, later became Cardinal Archbishop ofWestminster and Lord Acton went onto a distinguished career in politics and literature. While his dictum was fashioned in part in intellectual conflict ...

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