The Life and Struggles of William Lovett: In His Pursuit of Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: With Some Short Account of the Different Associations He Belonged to and of the Opinions He Entertained

Excerpt from Life and Struggles of William Lovett in His Pursuit of Bread, Knowledge, and Freedom, Vol. 2: With Some Short Account of the Different Associations He Belonged to and of the Opinions He EntertainedHaving been depicted by the opponents of Chartism in the blackest colours, I was regarded as something mon strous by many, and I must mention a little anecdote in proof of it. Riding on the top of an omnibus towards my brother's house, I got into conversation with a gentleman beside me on the subject of mineralogy, he having some specimens with him. I said I wanted a few of a peculiar kind, but I did not know where to meet with them, when he told me he thought he could supply me if I called on him. I thanked him, and said I would do so. A little time before I got down I gave him my address in exchange for his own but when he saw my name, he said What William Lovett, the Chartist Yes, I replied, the same individual. Why, said he, scrutinizing me very earnestly, you don't look like one evidently believing that a Chartist was something monstrous. Well, I said, as you gave me an invitation to call on you without knowing me, now you do know that I am a Chartist, your invitation had best be cancelled. Not so, he replied good-humouredly; we met on scientific grounds, and I do not trouble myself about politics, and if you call I shall be glad to see you. I did so in a short time, when he showed me his collection, and I purchased a few specimens of him. He proved to be a Superintendent of the Wesleyan Ministers of that district, and, I doubt not, a very estimable man, for all his notions about Chartists.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.