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Ben Tillett
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Thomas Carlyle :
'As a seaman in the mid-1870s, Ben Tillett had not yet been exposed to revolutionary literature, "But I discovered Thomas Carlyle and was held spellbound by the dark fury of his spirit and the strange contortions of his style".'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ben Tillett Print: Unknown
Charles Darwin : [unknown]
'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Darwin, Spencer, and Huxley ... after his day's work in the warehouse.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ben Tillett Print: Book
Herbert Spencer : [unknown]
'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Darwin, Spencer, and Huxley ... after his day's work in the warehouse.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Ben Tillett Print: Book
Thomas Huxley : [unknown]
'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Darwin, Spencer, and Huxley ... after his day's work in the warehouse.'