Excerpt from Life of William Wilberforce A volume which at all worthily records the life of such a Christian philanthropist may well aspire to take an enduring place in English literature 5 whilst the biography of William Wilberforce, from his close intimacy with the greatest of his contemporaries, from his intimate relations with William Pitt, and from his habit early formed, and continued to the end, of recording in a journal his view of the events which were passing before his eyes, and his estimate of the actors. In them, besides its being a record of himself, be comes a running commentary upon the history of the event ful days in which his lot was cast. It is now given to the world in the belief that there are many to whom the former volumes are unattainable, who will rejoice to possess such a biography of William Wilberforce. 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.