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As it went on, obvious causes for failure were developed in it; self seeking leadership; futile discussion of the means of making the change, before organization of the party was perfected; blind fear of ultimate consequences on the part of some, blind disregard to immediate consequences on the part of others; these were the surface reasons for its failure: but it would have triumphed over all these and accomplished revolution in England, if it had not been for causes deeper and more vital than these. AS IT WENT ON OBVIOUS CAUSES FOR FAILURE WERE DEVELOPED IN IT SELF SEEKING LEADERSHIP FUTILE DISCUSSION OF THE MEANS OF MAKING THE CHANGE BEFORE ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTY WAS PERFECTED BLIND FEAR OF ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCES ON THE PART OF SOME BLIND DISREGARD TO IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES ON THE PART OF OTHERS THESE WERE THE SURFACE REASONS FOR ITS FAILURE BUT IT WOULD HAVE TRIUMPHED OVER ALL THESE AND ACCOMPLISHED REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR CAUSES DEEPER AND MORE VITAL THAN THESE
pel 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. 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. It is noteworthy that it was strongest, especially in its earlier days, in the Northern and Midland manufacturing districts—that is, in the places which felt the distress caused by the industrial revolution most sorely and directly; it sprang up with particular vigour in the years immediately following the great Reform Bill; and it has been remarked that disappointment of the hopes which that measure had cherished had something to do with its bitterness. TY 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 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 IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT IT WAS STRONGEST ESPECIALLY IN ITS EARLIER DAYS IN THE NORTHERN AND MIDLAND MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS THAT IS IN THE PLACES WHICH FELT THE DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MOST SORELY AND DIRECTLY IT SPRANG UP WITH PARTICULAR VIGOUR IN THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GREAT REFORM BILL AND IT HAS BEEN REMARKED THAT DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE HOPES WHICH THAT MEASURE HAD CHERISHED HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ITS BITTERNESS
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