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English Social Reformers
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the English social reform movement from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, including the writings of the reformers themselves, Henry Beltgens de Gibbins explores the ideas and motivations that drove this important social and political movement. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of social reform and the role of the state in addressing social problems. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
English Social Reformers (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from English Social Reformers The Object of these few sketches is to elucidate the chief influences for social and industrial reform that have been active in England in the past, and, in one or two cases, to Show their relation to problems of the present. In writing of the men from whom these influences proceeded, I have tried to let them, where possible, speak for themselves. If, therefore, it should seem that too large a portion Of the text in certain places is in inverted commas, it is because the present writer recognizes that the words of the reformers he quotes are much better than his own. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classi...
English Social Reformers
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Knights of the Golden Rule
This is a book about American intellectuals as would-be social reformers and what happens to them in the arena of practical politics. Specifically, it examines the lives of ten highly idealistic Christian socialist and anarchist intellectuals of the 1890s who were profoundly influenced -- indeed inspired -- by the prophetic social messages and exemplary lives of Tolstoy, Mazzini, and Ruskin. The ten Americans -- including ministers, journalists, professors, and poets -- were constantly thwarted in their efforts to apply the Golden Rule and the ethics of Jesus not only to the socioeconomic institutions of their society, but to their own lives as well. These ten Christian knights rode high on ...
