It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look down upon the houses like this." I thought he was joking, for the view was sordid enough, but he soon explained himself." Look at those big, isolated clumps of buildings rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea."" The board-schools."" Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wiser, better England of the future. Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sir Charles Dilke (1833-1902) was a remarkable and prolific British social reformer and political philosopher. Sir Charles Dilke was born in Birmingham, England on September 17th, 1833. Sir Charles served as MP for Hull from 1868 to 1870 and again from 1885 to 1886. Sir Charles Dilke spent most of his working life in Parliament gaining prominence in politics, but it wasn’t until he became the MP for Hull that he gained widespread recognition.

Sir Charles Dilke is best known for his work in improving education, industrial legislation, sanitation, the poor, and much more. Sir Charles Dilke devoted much of his time to social reform in England where he was often considered a “father of social legislation” in England. Sir Charles Dilke passed away on December 27th, 1902 at the age of 72.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels And Stories, Volume I

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