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Excerpt from Chartism
To say that it is mad, incendiary, nefarious, is no answer. To say all this, in never so many dialects, is saying little. 'glasgow Thuggery,' 'glasgow Thugs it is a witty nickname: the practice of Number 60' entering his dark room, to contract for and settle the price of blood with operative assassins, in a Christian city, once distinguished by its rigorous Christianism, is doubtless a fact worthy of all horror: but what will horror do for it? What will execration; nay at bottom, what will condemnation and banishment to Botany Bay do for it? Glasgow Thuggery, Chartist torch-meet ings, Birmingham riots, Swing con?agrations, are so many symptoms on the surface; you abolish the symp tom to no purpose, if the disease is left untouched. Boils on the surface are curable or incurable, - small matter which, While the virulent humour festers deep within; poisoning the sources of life; and certain enough to find for itself ever new boils and sore is sues; ways of announcing that it continues there, that it would fain not continue there.
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To say that it is mad, incendiary, nefarious, is no answer. To say all this, in never so many dialects, is saying little. 'glasgow Thuggery,' 'glasgow Thugs it is a witty nickname: the practice of Number 60' entering his dark room, to contract for and settle the price of blood with operative assassins, in a Christian city, once distinguished by its rigorous Christianism, is doubtless a fact worthy of all horror: but what will horror do for it? What will execration; nay at bottom, what will condemnation and banishment to Botany Bay do for it? Glasgow Thuggery, Chartist torch-meet ings, Birmingham riots, Swing con?agrations, are so many symptoms on the surface; you abolish the symp tom to no purpose, if the disease is left untouched. Boils on the surface are curable or incurable, - small matter which, While the virulent humour festers deep within; poisoning the sources of life; and certain enough to find for itself ever new boils and sore is sues; ways of announcing that it continues there, that it would fain not continue there.
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) - Thomas Carlyle
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266345466
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm
Page Count - 124
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ISBN - 9781331322306
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 126
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