Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
Page | 1432 |
Chapter | -- |
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`Is there any more questions?' demanded Philpot, breaking a prolonged silence. `Would any Liberal or Tory capitalist like to get up into the pulpit and oppose the speaker?' the chairman went on, finding that no one responded to his appeal for questions. The silence continued. `As there's no more questions and no one won't get up into the pulpit, it is now my painful duty to call upon someone to move a resolution.' `Well, Mr Chairman,' said Harlow, `I may say that when I came on this firm I was a Liberal, but through listenin' to several lectures by Professor Owen and attendin' the meetings on the hill at Windley |