"Lord Acton"
by Roland Hill

Exercise by Michael A. Riccioli - 2005
Source: Postscript© [http://www.psbooks.co.uk]

Gap-filling exercise

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for his dictum that corrupts absolutely, Acton was highly respected for his and his ideas on ; yet in recent decades his reputation has faded. Roland Hill shows how Acton his Victorian contemporaries, holding to his Catholic faith and opposing the doctrine of . This biography also examines , despite the paucity of his , Acton's influence continues by historians today.