"I shall speak as well as I can for usefulness, but not for fame."
— Fowell Buxton

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomAbolitionistsSocial activistsBusinesspeople from England
Original Language: English

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Letter to a friend, 24 February 1825, quoted in Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, p. 152.