John Wilhelm Rowntree: Essays and Addresses (Classic Reprint)

by Joshua Rowntree

Paperback, 2019

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Forgotten Books (2019), 508 pages

Description

Excerpt from John Wilhelm Rowntree: Essays and Addresses This pamphlet brought in a vast correspondence to its author. Though ready with his pen, he was not a great letter writer. One of his letters in 1897 begins Probably I am the worst letter writer in England, but this is hardly an impartial statement. One of his answers to a correspondent gives a fuller revelation of his own thoughts at this time than any outsider could give, and may therefore rightly find a place here. It is in reply to what he described as a very kind and sympathetic letter, from Fielden Thorp. Some sentences are curtailed for the sake of brevity only. I have been anxious to avoid any misunderstanding between myself and those from whom I may differ in the intellectual acceptance of truth, -more and more I am led to see that it is a question of attitude, and that, to quote William Penn's beautiful words, when death removes the mask we shall recognise each other, though the divers liveries we wore made us strangers on earth.' (i have not the exact words by me, but you will no doubt correct me mentally as you read). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

508 p.; 5.98 inches

ISBN

133138169X / 9781331381693

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