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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
William Wilberforce (1759 1833) was a politician, philanthropist
and evangelical Christian, now best known for his work to end the
slave trade. Elected to Parliament in 1780, he campaigned
unsuccessfully for penal and electoral reform. In 1787, at the
encouragement of his friend William Pitt, he took up the cause of
abolition at Westminster, while Thomas Clarkson and others
collected evidence and mobilised popular opinion. Wilberforce also
lobbied tirelessly for the cause, but humanitarian and ethical
arguments were slow to overcome the economic interests of those who
had made fortunes from the slave trade or the use of slave labour.
It was not until 1807 that the Abolition Bill was finally passed.
Wilberforce continued his work for the emancipation of slaves, and
also campaigned for religious liberty. This work, edited by two of
his sons and published in 1840, includes their reply to criticisms
by Thomas Clarkson of their earlier biography.
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873) was a Church of England bishop and
renowned orator. Originally published in 1908, this edition
presents a series of stories and religious allegories for children
written by Wilberforce. It will be of value to anyone with an
interest in the writings of Wilberforce, Christianity and books for
children.
John Evelyn (1620-1706), a founder member of the Royal Society, was
a horticulturalist and author, best remembered for his diaries.
Throughout his prolific writings he exhibits a strong distaste for
the corruption of life at court. The beautiful and pious Margaret
Godolphin (1652-78), a courtier more than thirty years Evelyn's
junior, with whom he struck up an intense friendship in 1672, was
maid of honour in the household of Queen Catherine, wife of King
Charles II. To Evelyn she represented the antithesis of the
corruption he despised. Written as 'a record of her perfections'
following her death in childbirth, this hagiographic biography
reflects the extent of Evelyn's devotion. Left among his unrevised
manuscripts, it was not published until 1847, nearly two centuries
after its composition. Edited by the bishop and orator Samuel
Wilberforce (1805-73), the work includes helpful notes and
genealogical tables that elucidate the text.
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