Defoe's Enduring Fight for Liberty and Unity in Hard Days
A retrospective on Daniel Defoe's life shows him exile and imprisonment, his satire on High Church intolerance, and his calm justice in the face of persecution. The piece links his Newgate writings to Robinson Crusoe and to the Tilbury era, noting his later memorial at Tooting and lasting patriotic memory.
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Skeats
Defoe
Free Churches of England
Earl of Nottingham
Newgate
William
John Howe
Asgill
Humphrey Mackworth
France
Tilbury
Robinson Crusoe
Anderson
Tooting
Scottish Church Notes on Disraeli Scotsman and Free Church
A correspondent discusses Scottish church events and media shifts. Dr. Wallace’s Scotsman appointment, Broad Church influence, Knight’s move to St Andrews, and Rev. McNaught’s departure from Glasgow Free Church are examined with skepticism toward ecclesiastical politics and funding debates.
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London
Scotland
Mr. Disraeli
Lord Sandon
Dr. Wallace
the Greyfriars
The
Scotsman
Wallace
Establishment
W. Knight
Dundee
Free Church
University of St. Andrew’s
Tulloch
Knight
Mr. McNaught
Glasgow
Gibson
Howie
Wells
Riddel
McNaught