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Gairdner's Richard III
July 3, 1879 issue

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This article focuses on the book "History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third," by James Gairdner. It is a learned and judicial investigation of a strange case. "Richard III.," says Mr. Gairdner truly, "is not a monster. He is the natural outgrowth of monstrous and horrible times. He is the fitting termination of the rule of the House of York, the exemplification of an old divinely-attested saying, that they who take the sword shall perish by it." On the other hand, there can be no sort of doubt that he usurped the throne of his nephew and ward, well knowing him to be the rightful heir.

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HISTORY of the Life & Reign of Richard the Third: To Which Is Added the Story of Perkin Warbeck From Original Documents (Book); GAIRDNER, Richard; MONSTERS; SWORDS; TRAGEDY; NEPHEWS
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