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The Victorian era, from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901, was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus, although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to dominate English literature throughout much of the century, the attention of many writers was directed, sometimes passionately, to such issues as the growth of English democracy, the education of the masses, the progress of industrial enterprise and the consequent rise of a materialistic philosophy. This brings me to a discussion of two great writers, Thomas Carlyle, with his thoughts on dehumanization of society and John Stuart Mill, with thoughts of freedom and opinion. Both these writers wanted a positive change in society and equality that in turn, gives a “duty� and “progress� to achieve successful outcomes with cultural and moral......

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