Excerpt from The Leveller Movement: A Study in the History and Political Theory of the English Great Civil War Thomason Collection in the British Museum. Professor C. W. Alvord of the University of Illi nois has read the essay in manuscript with a view to its literary form, and has offered valuable eriti cisms and suggestions. My brother has aided me greatly in improving the style and manner of presen tation. Dr. H. Barrett Learned, chairman of the Publication Committee of the American Historical Association, has made himself responsible for the reading of the proof with copy and for the con sistency of the printer's style in the volume; I have further to thank him for assistance in seeing the volume through the press. Miss Lucille M. Allen has assisted in the preparation of the index. Theodore C. Pease. Urbana, Illinois, October 4, 1916. 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.