Before revision: G. M. Trevelyan considered that “Parliamentary, municipal, scholastic, ecclesiastical, economic reform all sprang from the spirit of Bentham’s perpetual enquiry, ‘what is the use of it?’ - his universal shibboleth”.G M Trevelyan, British History in the Nineteenth Century (London 1922) p. 182 Heyday The philosophical radicals, as a group, came to prominence in the 1820s.
After revision: G. M. Trevelyan considered that “Parliamentary, municipal, scholastic, ecclesiastical, economic reform all sprang from the spirit of Bentham’s perpetual enquiry, ‘what is the use of it?’ - his universal shibboleth”.G M Trevelyan, British History in the Nineteenth Century (London 1922) p. 182 Peak Activity The philosophical radicals, as a group, came to prominence in the 1820s.