Babington
Britishnoun
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The plaintive observation, ascribed to the early Victorian British Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne about the acerbically self-confident historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, remains the motto of the thoughtfully skeptical man through the ages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
David Babington, chief executive of Action Mental Health, says that without adequate funding in the future "the most vulnerable people in our society" would feel abandoned.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2023
Babington defended the test as a measure of college readiness.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
But there's no doubt in my mind that that child will be Lord Babington one day, and Babington will absolutely accept it as his son and heir.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2022
Humphrey Babington was a Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge, but spent most of his time at Boothby Pagnall, near Grantham, where he was rector.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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