Butitisnowtimetoundertakeamoreparticularcriticismof "DarkestEngland." Attheoutsetofmyexaminationofthatwork, "DarkestEngland" posedastheColumbus, oratanyratetheCortez, ofthatregion."GotoMudie's," hetellsus,; 's, Iundertaketosaythatthewell-informedandobligingstaffofthenationallibraryinBloomsburywouldhaveprovidedhimwithmorebooksonthistopic, inalmostallEuropeanlanguages,? Andwhatissocialismbutanincarnationofthesocialquestion? Moreover, Iampersuadedthateven "Mudie's" "LifeofLordShaftesbury" andCarlyle' "PastandPresent" orof "Latter-DayPamphlets"; though,somewhatlateintheday, , asonmyself, Carlyle'swritingsonthistopicmadeanineffaceableimpressionfortyyearsago, whoknowthat, forallthattime, hundredsofableanddevotedmen, bothclericalandlay, haveworkedheartandsoulforthepermanentamendmentoftheconditionofthepoor, 's "GotoMudie's" , Iamboundtoadmitthattheseearlierlabourersinthefieldlabouredinsuchadifferentfashion, , notrombonesbrayed; nosanctifiedbuffoonery, afterthemodeloftheorationoftheFriarinWallenstein'scampdeartothereadersofSchiller, -advertisementinwhichtheirlothasfallen, theyseemnottohaveadvancedonewhitbeyondJohntheBaptistandtheApostles, 1800yearsago, intheirnotionsofthewayinwhichthemetanoia, thechangeofmindoftheill-doer, , , theirfifesandcymbalsandholychants,theirhierarchyofofficerstowhomtheartofmakingcollectionswasnotwhollyunknown; andwho, asfreelyastheirmodernimitators, , ,withtheirold-fashionedways, wouldnotacceptsuchasuccessasasatisfactorysignoftheDivinesanction,nordepartfromtheirownmethodsofleadingthewaytothehigherlife.
