Excerpt from Life of Joseph Cowen (M. P for Newcastle, 1874-86): With Letters, Extracts From His Speeches, and Verbatim Report of His Last Speech It has been said that few men in Northern England possessed in a greater degree than Mr. Cowen the power of stimulating public opinion. It might with equal truth be asserted that few men succeeded better in attracting admirers and securing adherents. One of his most faithful and conscientious admirers is the author of this bio graphy. Possessing the gift of collecting, the means of acquiring, and the habit of methodically arranging whatsoever in the annals of Tyneside he deemed worthy of preservation, Mr. Duncan industriously gathered up all the public utterances of his chief. They range from the fervid advocacy of early days to the great speech on Empire (printed in this volume) with which the City fathers were electrified at a municipal banquet shortly before the orator's death. The bursting folios in which these marvellous specimens of eloquence are enshrined form a collection that is, surely, unique. Although the author from long practice wields a facile pen, he has restrained himself in this volume to simple narrative. There is no fine writing, no wiredrawn deductions, no elaborate criticism, and the book is all the better for their omission. It is to the rising generation who. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.