The Victorian belief was that the community was a noble institution that could be trusted, a notion Ibsen challenged.

Instead of enrolling in college, he became ill and was sent to Europe under the Victorian belief that travel had curative power.

Conservatives strongly held the Victorian belief that there were large areas of social organization in which it was simply improper for government to meddle.

Later, during her travels, she would spend time meeting with a wide variety of diplomats and civic leaders and reiterating her Victorian belief in women's special mission to preserve peace.

In Victorian beliefs of evolution, cannibalism among "ogres" was attributed to memories of more savage races, still practicing it alongside "superior" races that had abandoned it.

One was the lingering Victorian belief that face painting was for hussies.

A century ago, Darwin's scientific theories smashed against stubborn Victorian spiritual beliefs; Mr. von Trier's films reverse that pattern in a way that makes sense for the late 20th century.

And recent examination of the skeletal evidence has disputed the Victorian belief in his monstrous, semihuman appearance.

The Victorian belief in the inherent inferiority of the 'darker races', made them the object of a civilising impulse in the European Scramble for Africa.