8d.
A somewhat similar prosecution in America, in which the bookseller, Mr.D.M.Bennett, sold a book with which he did not agree, and was imprisoned, led to our giving him a warm welcome when, after his release, he visited England.

We entertained him at the Hall of Science at a crowded gathering, and I was deputed as spokesman to present him with a testimonial.

This I did in the following speech, quoted here in order to show the spirit then animating me:-- "Friends, Mr.Bradlaugh has spoken of the duty that calls us here to-night.

It is pleasant to think that in our work that duty is one to which we are not unaccustomed.

In our army there are more true soldiers than traitors, more that are faithful to the trust of keeping the truth than those who shrink when the hour of danger comes.