Cob·den (k b d n), Richard 1804-1865. British politician who was a leading supporter of free trade and an opponent of protectionism. |
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Hunsden would as little have thought of taking a wife from a caste inferior to his own, as a Stanley would think of mating with a Cobden. Fisher Unwin, the daughter of the English statesman, Richard Cobden. Now, sooner than let the Protectionists triumph, the Cobden Club itself would blow the gaff and point out to the workers that Protection only means compelling the proprietors of England to employ slaves resident in England and therefore presumably--though by no means necessarily--Englishmen. |
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