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THE VICTORIAN AGE

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THE
VICTORIAN AGE

The Rede Lecture for 1922

BY

WILLIAM RALPH INGE,
C.V.O., D.D., D.Litt., F.B.A.
HON. FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE

CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1922