{"product_id":"memoirs-1869-1924-classic-reprint","title":"Memoirs, 1869-1924 (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from Memoirs, 1869-1924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI did not consider writing an account of my activities until a rare enjoyment of leisure a few years ago first presented me with the Opportunity. I was then impelled to ask what kind of record I could prepare which would set forth anything different from that of millions of Others who have lived the working-class life. The answer was that many men lived such a life, but few wrote about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have read scores of books telling of family position, college training, professions, businesses and the like, but little has been put on record of the experiences of men who have had none of these blessings. That has been my case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one half of the world does not know how the other half lives, I write for some part of the half which until recently has perforce been silent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is not an official history of the growth of organised Labour either in industry or politics. I can speak only of what I have seen, and the record is naturally incomplete and sometimes blurred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere remain, however, many historical glimpses of great movements and of the groups of individuals who made them. There are impressions, however ?eeting, of the indomitable Labour spirit, and of the peculiar difficulties and various qualities of the men who came into our ranks and moved to the front as Party leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rise of Labour has become an historical adventure greater than any of us dreamed. We who undertook the work in its beginnings when there was not one Labour man even on any Local Body, to say nothing of Parlia ment, had not the remotest notion that we should live to find ourselves in Cabinets as the rulers Of our country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":35123379404845,"sku":"9780365065036","price":17.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39838151082029,"sku":"9780656862696","price":11.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9780656862696.jpg?v=1735447720","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-1869-1924-classic-reprint","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}