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approving of hie disregard of instructions at Khartoum,
deplored "the death of a can who was cast in heroic
mould...
"
(1)
The Nonconformist and Independent admired
"the noblest life that hae been lived in our century. t' (2)
To J. K. Crooo$ Liberal IL. Po for Dalton$ ßordon'a actions
"raised him in the opinion of the Anglo-Saxon race# into
the position of a demiGod for hin unselfish heroism. '" (3)
The 5th. February was "Black Thursday" to a wide croon
section of the population. There were not zany people
like Blunt who on 5th February "could not help cincin; all
the way down in the train. "
(4)
Thera were only a tow
dissident voices from the extreme Radical prone, such as
the Salford Weekly 2, wn which remarked that Cordon wan
Va. battlo laving; general fond of praying and fighting.
who had "failed is a foolhordy enterprise. "
Q.
uakera with their pacifist tradition could not "join
(1) Ecchoos 11th Fobruury 1885.
(2) 12th February 188%
(3) Dutiy Vawn 12th 'obrutry 1885.
Mw. 6o Blunt, Gordon at Khmrtoum, r p. 373.
(5) 6th F"obru ry 1885,
(5)
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