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Izaak Walton

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Izaak Walton is remembered today for ‘The Compleat Angler’ and his trend-setting lives of prominent 17th-century Englishmen.

  • A photo of George Herbert helping a labouring man regain his feet after falling from his horse.

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    A Well-Tuned Heart

    A road accident made parish priest George Herbert late for his musical evening, but he was not a bit sorry.

    Izaak Walton

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Elbert Green Hubbard tells us about Richard Cobden’s early life, and how it shaped his values; Sydney Smith gives us his definition of marriage; mild-mannered clergyman George Herbert get his hands (and much else besides) dirty in helping labourer dumped in the road by his overloaded horse; and a Victorian commuter arrives home carrying more than his briefcase.