Great movements, and those who achieved them (1882)
Nicoll, Henry James · New York, Harper & Bros. · leaf 51
nd judicious Dundas, the gener-ous and high-souled Windham, the straightforward and manlyGrenville, the brilliant and accomplished Canning. In thissecondary group the name which stands at the head of thischapter occupied no mean position. But it is not as a polish-ed speaker or as an eloquent… … WILLIAM AVILBERPOKCE. The Youth of Wilherforce. 51 wealthy have their gorgeous obsequies; it was his noble por-tion to clothe a people with spontaneous mourning, and to godown to the grave amid the benedictions of the poor. It isas the leader of the crusade against the iniquitous slave-trade,as the…
