Mises Daily
Author:
Lord Acton
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[A lecture delivered c. 1900 and published in 1906 in Lectures on Modern History . An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Floy Lilley, is available for download .] The rational and humanitarian enlightenment of the 18th century did much for the welfare of mankind, but little to promote the securities of freedom. Power was better employed than