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Excerpt from The Life of William Wilberforce, Vol. 4 of 5
Mr. Lockhart is M. P. For Oxford, and his bill is much the same as that which I brought in two years ago, to render all donations public, in the hope of pre venting thereby their being alienated or abused. You have no reason for apprehension in that quarter.
With regard to the Charitable Donation Bill, he tells Mr. Roberts shortly afterwards, I should have a long story to tell, if I were to put you in possession of the past and present proceedings. I brought in the Bill two successive years, but was foiled by the lawyers. Mr. Lockhart tried it last year, but with no better success. This year he has put the draught into the hands of Sir Samuel Romilly, desiring him to modify and correct it. I will give your suggestions to Mr.
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Mr. Lockhart is M. P. For Oxford, and his bill is much the same as that which I brought in two years ago, to render all donations public, in the hope of pre venting thereby their being alienated or abused. You have no reason for apprehension in that quarter.
With regard to the Charitable Donation Bill, he tells Mr. Roberts shortly afterwards, I should have a long story to tell, if I were to put you in possession of the past and present proceedings. I brought in the Bill two successive years, but was foiled by the lawyers. Mr. Lockhart tried it last year, but with no better success. This year he has put the draught into the hands of Sir Samuel Romilly, desiring him to modify and correct it. I will give your suggestions to Mr.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Robert Isaac Wilberforce
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266193180
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 405
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ISBN - 9781331449027
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 407
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