Thomas Babington Macaulay, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800 – 1859), was a British historian and Whig politician. He is considered primarily responsible for introducing the British education system in India. He wrote extensively as an essayist, on contemporary and historical sociopolitical subjects, and as a reviewer.

“How Can Man Die Better Than Facing Fearful Odds”

By Thomas Babington Macaulay|2022-10-12T09:40:47-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Categories: Literature, Poetry, War|

I Lars Porsena of Closium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array. II East and west [...]