Excerpt from The Life, Character, and Genius, of Ebenezer Elliott: The Corn Law RhymerI have to Speak in this paper Upon the genius and character of Ebenezer Elliott, whose stormy life 1s now ended, and whose great musical heart lies still and silent m the grave. And although, if I consulted my own feelings, the love which I bore the departed poet would prompt me to Write a threnody over his ashes, rather than a. Cool analysis of iiis mind and writings, yet I will endeavour to merge all private sympathies in this discourse, and treat my subject in a Catholic spirit, from the historical point of View alone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.