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ON THE ENGLISH LAND QUESTION, B77)

= sbortive doings of Fesrgus and his lieutenants. The
emptod revival of the Chartist agitation under the old
ly mekes this an appropriate time for such a retrooi
 difficulty with Somerville would be to condense
ently his narrative—this would not be easy even with
ee Who had a style less flowing and less imagination than
®~for the temptation to quote largely from the speeches
"nd letters of the big Chartist Bobadil would be almost
Uesistible, Would not such a work be interesting in a
Series of letters or articles in the Hezaminer, to be afterwards
Printed in a volume? It would be certain to elicit a howl
from the knaves who were subjected to the ordeal of the
Pilloyy, and this would be useful in attracting attention to
the book,”
“ December 8. (To Mr. Bright.)— You must get Captain Mun-9's
 edition of Brooke's Diary. It wae published originally
by Captain Keppell, and some horrid passages were omitted
by the discretion of his friends; but a new edition by
Captain Mundy was published while Brooke was afterwards
8 home, and those parts were restored. See the first vol,
P. 311, &o., and p. 825. There are details of bloodshed
"Ud executions which, if they had appeared in the first
Volume, would have checked the sentimental mania which
83%6 Brooke all his powers of evil.
“The above is information which I have from a friend
"10 knows sll about the affuir from the beginning, and it
id be relied on. I have not the book. I fear Gurney
will be an obstacle to anything being done. I someties
 doubt whether his obstructiveness at every step does
20t more than counteract any advantege derived by the
Society from the influence of his name. I don’t understand
Wen of the world when they tell ns we must rely upon the
Wfnance of Christian principles, snd boggle at every pro

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