Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from School Days at Rugby
While a student of law at Lincoln's Inn, he had come into close personal contact with the Chaplain, Rev. F. D. Maurice, who was then winning a reputation as a social reformer. Hughes readily caught the spirit of Maurice and entered actively into the work of Christian Socialism, designed to ameliorate the condition of the London poor. Cooperation was the plan most strongly emphasized by these enthusiasts as the means that would most quickly establish amicable relationship be tween the employer and the employed. To their magazine, which was known as The Christian Socialist, and which set forth their doctrine, Hughes was a frequent contributor. This band of workers was instrumental in establishing in 1854 the Working Men's College, an institution which offered higher education to laborers. Maurice, the first president, was, at his death, succeeded by Hughes, who carried on the work so successfully begun by his predecessor.
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