The First Publishers Of Truth Being Early Records Now First Printed Of The Introduction Of Quakerism Into The Counties Of England And Wales Edited By N Penney With Introduction By Thomas Hodgkin

Author : Norman Penney
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ISBN 13 : 9781330850572
Total Pages : 442 pages
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Download or read book The First Publishers of Truth written by Norman Penney and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First Publishers of Truth: Being Early Records (Now First Printed) Of the Introduction of Quakerism Into the Counties of England and Wales It will certainly be generally admitted that, by the publication of the following papers, the Friends' Historical Society is doing good service to the cause of historical research, chiefly, but by no means exclusively, in connection with the Society of Friends. It will perhaps excite some surprise that these records, which were collected two centuries ago, should have slumbered so long in manuscript form, in the silent strong rooms of Devonshire House. Of course the eighteenth century was a time when a somewhat different view was taken of the historian's duty from that which is now prevalent, nor was the publication of mere materials for history in a non-literary form then so frequent a practice as, thanks to the labours of the Record Office and of many archaeological societies, it has since become. Were the ruling spirits of the Society of Friends in 1720 waiting the uprising of some well-educated Quaker, like Thomas Ellwood, or William Sewel, to whom they might entrust these precious manuscripts, that he might reduce them into literary form? If so, it is perhaps well for us that the able editor did not appear; for the original documents after they had passed through his hands would probably have disappeared, whereas we have them now, not complete, alas - far from it, dust and decay have made great gaps in the series - but still in their original shape, untampered with by any editor, representing the very "form and pressure of the times" in which they were composed. 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."