William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… was nicknamed, was first and foremost a sociable voice: having converted to evangelical activism, he used his gifts in society as a ‘talisman’ to re-moralize his country and delineated a new model of sociability that was philanthropic and … impact of ‘(being) intent upon shining in company’ ( The Life , vol. I, 157), of the dangers of table talk: ‘(…) when in society I am too apt to lose the sense of God’s presence, or possess it feebly and faintly, and I do not try to turn the … in the temperate use of all the gifts of Providence (…). He relaxes in the feast of reason, in the intercourses of society, in the sweets of friendship, in the endearments of love, in the exercise (…) of all the benevolent and generous …
Abolition | Activism | Benevolence | Charity | Evangelicalism | Friendship | Philanthropy | Religion | Slavery
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