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As to the Chartist agitation, there is this to be said of it, that it was thoroughly a working class movement, and it was caused by the simplest and most powerful of all causes—hunger. AS TO THE CHARTIST AGITATION THERE IS THIS TO BE SAID OF IT THAT IT WAS THOROUGHLY A WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT AND IT WAS CAUSED BY THE SIMPLEST AND MOST POWERFUL OF ALL CAUSES HUNGER
hich I cannot dwell on here, but settled down at last into Chartism: about which I must speak a few words: but first I must mention, I can scarce do more, the honoured name of Robert Owen, as representative of the nobler hopes of his day, just as More was of his, and the lifter of the torch of Socialism amidst the dark days of the confusion consequent on the reckless greed of the early period of the great factory industries. That the conditions under which man lived could affect his life and his deeds infinitely, that not selfish greed and ceaseless contention, but brotherhood and co-operation were the bases of true society, was the gospel which he preached and also practised with a single-heartedness, devotion, and fervour of hope which have never been surpassed: he was the embodied hope of the days when the advance of knowledge and the sufferings of the people thrust revolutionary hope upon those thinkers who were not in some form or other in the pay of the sordid masters of society. OK VARIOUS FORMS WHICH I CANNOT DWELL ON HERE BUT SETTLED DOWN AT LAST INTO CHARISM ABOUT WHICH I MUST SPEAK A FEW WORDS BUT FIRST I MUST MENTION I CAN SCARCE DO MORE THE HONORED NAME OF ROBERT OWEN AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NOBLER HOPES OF HIS DAY JUST AS MORE WAS OF HIS AND THE LIFTER OF THE TORCH OF SOCIALISM AMIDST THE DARK DAYS OF THE CONFUSION CONSEQUENT ON THE RECKLESS GREED OF THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE GREAT FACTORY INDUSTRIES THAT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MAN LIVED COULD AFFECT HIS LIFE AND HIS DEEDS INFINITELY THAT NOT SELFISH GREED AND CEASELESS CONTENTION BUT BROTHERHOOD AND CO OPERATION WERE THE BASES OF TRUE SOCIETY WAS THE GOSPEL WHICH HE PREACHED AND ALSO PRACTISED WITH A SINGLE HEARTEDNESS DEVOTION AND FERVOUR OF HOPE WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SURPASSED HE WAS THE EMBODIED HOPE OF THE DAYS WHEN THE ADVANCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE THRUST REVOLUTIONARY HOPE UPON THOSE THINKERS WHO WERE NOT IN SOME FORM OR OTHER IN THE PAY OF THE SORDID MASTERS OF SOCIETY
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