Selected Speeches on Public Questions (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Bright

9780428510367: Selected Speeches on Public Questions (Classic Reprint)

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John bright was born at Rochdale in 1811, and he died there in 1889. He came of an Old Quaker family, was educated at Quaker schools, and remained to the end of his days a loyal member of the Society of Friends. His father was a cotton manufacturer, and John Bright was himself trained to business at the mills, in which he was all his life a partner. When he was a Privy Councillor, the Older bands, who had known him from a boy, still regarded him as one of themselves. When Bright was a young man the whole country was convulsed by the great Reform agitation, and from that time forward he took a keen interest in public affairs. His earliest speeches were in support Of temperance, and he soon won repute in the contest against the local church-rate. It is recorded that in 1840 his eloquence carried an amendment at a public meeting called for the purpose of levying such a rate. About the same time his sympathy was aroused by the sufferings of the masses of his fellow-countrymen from the stagnation of trade and the high price of food, caused by the incidence of Protection. He spent a large part of his time between 1840 and'1846 in agita ting, in co-operation with Richard Cobden, for the abolition of the Corn Laws. In 1843 he was elected mp. For Durham, and in 1847 for Manchester.

He was a convinced individualist in all things, and held throughout his life that it is unwise, and in many cases oppressive, to restrict the working hours Of adults by Act of Parliament, though he was in favour of the legislative protection of children.

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John Bright is Professor of Hebrew and Interpretation of the Old Testament, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. A minister of the Presbyterian Church, U.S., he has served pastorates in North Carolina and Maryland. His book The Kingdom of God won the 1952 Abingdon Press Award.

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