Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-10-21
Five Dead Men | Have Known.
LECruR. BY CHARLES BRADLAuGH IN THE
TEMPLE COURSE AT FREMONT TEMPLE

TEMPLE COURSE AT FREMONT TEMPLE.
/ The first lecture OF the Temple lect-
ure course was delivered in fremont Ten
| pie Wednesday by Charles Bradlaugh.
who gave a new lecture, entitled Five
| Dead Men Have Known.'
In beginning his lecture, Mr. Brallauph
| said that the men OF who u he was to speak
were acquaintances aud friends OF his,
whose lives he did not propose to state
| fairly or represent fully their views He
should present such features of their lives
as were OF marked Importance and of gen
eral intcres, To the public. The men were
Rooert owen. Joseph Mazzini, John Stu.
art Mill, Charles Sumner and Ledru- Rol-
| lin.
Robert Owen was born May, l77l, in a
Welsh village. At New Lauark he set the
example of man reforming men by sur
rounding them with what would tend TO
render them happy. He was the first man
to establish schools in Great Britain and
Ireland Tor the children. II was not the
crime OF the people that they blundered
when they struggled. owen not only made
education possible IN England, but he in-
troduced socialism. The only equality
for which men should contend should be
( opF Fortunlty. Owen rebeled against the
effect which pushed the poor down. He
OF Labor possible. owen was the father OF
modern cooperative labor in England. He
made many enemies and many friends He
was pure, true, honest and thorough and
had complete belief in the justice OF his
work.
Joseph MaZZiCi was born In Genoa in
leOJ, when Italy was divided into many
petty states. He believed iu the possibility
of liberty. He was mos ed by the oppres-
sion around him. In the fortress Of SAyOua
he originated that society which set Italy
free. An exile at MarseiIlcS, he establish
Ell the Society OF Young Italy. lie was not
cuntene with education alone, but he
preached the right Of physical force. In
spreading his society he found himself the
enetny Of all the governments OF Europe
Ia lsJl-32 1884 and IS he Was ia his
blacklist days, iu poverty and exile, which
was no mean trial ola man. In 1897 he
went To Eugland In ls49 the Italian re-
public was proclaimed. but it existed only
IN name. The liberty OF Italy was d thin.
70 DC hoped for IN the FUTURE it surely did
not exist At present. MaZziui lived to see
the possibility Of Il parliament assembling
AT home. but he was unable to participate
IN it, although elected u member. Italy.
however, could not hr made a republic IN.
til lts people were educated. Ii REQUIRED
- /" '''N ".t Pc"P'e "hoih ages had
depressed. MazznI and Garlbaidl were
o''' '"'"' II u' ah" H"heNt men. Maz-
4'"' - '.'t'" ~ oA'her' ann :" u" was
oN. l' n'- uI'A"'N ne -" t"e tomorrow
"",' ""'1 y ny ~ s'"Fr.
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'"t' - '''''N"t upon the English people
"'' o'e" ""ef't''cd " my other man ior
many yea" oIt''AI economy, which
h'' "t'" "'I'it '"hN'drred a. hard hnd
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