Gurney and Idaho discuss Chartism, an essay by Thomas Carlyle. Chartism was an 1836 movement that emerged in London that sought to elevate the rights and privileges of the working class. Carlyle's critique of this movement and the "do-nothing" English government echoes beyond its time and place with its mix of reactionary and progressive ideas.
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