[ Pamphlet. ] The Robbery of the Poor.

Author: 
William H. P. Campbell [ The Modern Press, Paternoster Row, London ]
Publication details: 
London: The Modern Press, 13 and 14, Paternoster Row, E.C. 1884:
£56.00
SKU: 17709

54pp., 12mo. Disbound without covers. In good condition, on aged paper. Dedication: 'To | The Poor of England, | This Pamphlet is dedicated | By ONE | Who would hasten the coming of the Day | When we shall not [last word underlined] have them | With us.' He concludes with 'one word' to those who think that 'what we believe in as possible is a splendid Utopia that can never exist, a pleasant dream that shall never be realised': 'Have it so, if you please. Nevertheless, understand that we shall continue to hope for it, to work for it, to fight for it; and if at the last it shall prove as you say, and we have to retire disappointed and discomfited, then it shall be made known to all the world that we Socialsits have failed, not because we aimed too low, but because our ideal was too high for men to reach; [...]'. Scarce.