G. M. Trevelyan, in J. A. Mangan Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism: British Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad, 1700-1914, Psychology Press, 1988, p. 259
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
— G. M. Trevelyan on Peasant
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About G. M. Trevelyan
George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English historian and academic.
About G. M. Trevelyan
George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962) was an English historian and academic.
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