Sentimentalists and Faddists 



the serried cohorts of intrenched privilege 

 and indurated wealth. He is the man who 

 faced the world at the Diet of Worms and 

 founded the Protestant Church. He is 

 the man who first protested against the 

 institution of slavery. He is the man who 

 first denounced the brutality of hanging a 

 man for stealing a metal button. He is the 

 man who died alone and forsaken at Khartum. 

 He is the man who tells his countrymen 

 to-day that drink fills the prisons and empties 

 the cradles of this country. All the noble 

 army of martyrs were "faddists"! Would I 

 were worthy to be among them! 



And who may be the persons who think 

 to stop the ascent of mankind by huddling 

 together in the back-office of an evening 

 paper and shouting " faddist " at the few 

 who look up instead of down ? 



They are the brothers of those who jeered 

 at Romilly and hissed John Bright. They 

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