A Short Life Of Joseph Sturge

Author : Stephen Hobhouse
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ISBN 13 : 9781331251040
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Sturge written by Stephen Hobhouse and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Joseph Sturge: His Life and Work Considerable attention has deservedly been paid by recent historical research to the political movement known as Chartism; and to any student of that subject the name of Joseph Sturge will probably be familiar, owing to the conspicuous share which he had in its development, during one of the most critical years of the agitation. When adequate histories have been written of the movements for the abolition of negro slavery and the promotion of international peace, we are confident that some recognition will be given to the no less important part played by Sturge in these other fields of spiritual enterprise. It is not, however, to be expected that a historical treatise should give any adequate characterisation of the personalities of even the more important of the many actors in the drama, which it is attempting to unfold to its readers. The endeavour to draw a life-like picture of one strong and admirable personality is my reason for writing the pages contained in the present volume. Memories are transient; and, in an age that lives so much by the printed word, only a very few of them are handed down over an interval of sixty years. It was already possible for Herbert Spencer, in his Autobiography composed some twenty-five or more years ago, to write of Joseph Sturge's name as "scarcely known to the present generation," (adding, with characteristic irony, that, had he been a military adventurer, his memory would have been cherished by a grateful nation). Four poems of John Greenleaf Whittier preserve some record of Sturge's name and worth. His effigy in weather-beaten marble stands at the meeting-point of the Five Ways in the city of Birmingham. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.