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"textContent": "Last week (here) I noted that throughout Culture and Anarchy (1869), Matthew Arnold treats the great liberal politician and social movement leader, John Bright, as his principal opponent.",
"title": "On Matthew Arnold and John Bright on True Glory and True Liberalism, and somewhat surprisingly Xenophon's Socrates."
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