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- ↑ C. Vaughan Wilkes The Teaching of History: I. In Preparatory Schools History:The Journal of the Historical Association Volume 2 Issue 7 Page 144-152, October 1917
- ↑ George Orwell Such, such were the joys, first published in the USA 1952
- ↑ Robert Pearce Orwell and the Harrow History Prize Notes and Queries 1990 37(4):442-443;