Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland

Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland

This Book aims to give a summary view of the most important general Reforms, which have been effected or attempted in Great Britain and Ireland, from the period of the French revolution down to the present time. Neither history nor biography has been attempted, but the work aspires to be only what its title indicatesSketches. Large parts of it have recently appeared, from time to time, in the National Era, of Washington; no expectation being then entertained that it would assume any other form of publication. The present occasion has been embraced to revise and rerrange the whole, and by condensation and pruning off repetitions, to make room for considerable additions to the list of subjects discussed, and individuals noticed. It is even now incomplete, many men and things, which deserve a place here, being left outsome because I may underrate their relative importanceothers because the limits of this work will allow only of selections. Still, it is believed that no important subject has been wholly omitted; though, on account of the vast number of those worthy to be called Reformers, it has been found impossible to make[iv] special mention of many able and excellent individuals. Though it may contain errors of fact and opinion, yet, as it is confined to those phases of events, and incidents in the lives of persons, which history too seldom dwells upon, it may be found not wholly valueless to those who would examine the most interesting and instructive period in the recent annals of England. The chronological plan of the work is, generally, to notice prominent popular movements in their order of time, and, in connection with each, to give sketches, more or less full, of persons who bore a leading part in it. But such slight regard has been paid to chronological arrangement, that each subject stands by itself, having only a general connection with what precedes or follows it. As to my statistics, I have occasionally been compelled to reach conclusions much in the same manner as juries agree upon verdictsconsult a dozen authorities, each one differing with all the othersget the sum total of the whole, divide it by twelve, and adopt the result. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 39104
Author: Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster)
Release Date: Mar 11, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English