of the Human Character, and the Application of the Principle to Practice by Robert Owen 1813-16 [Original Dedication of First Essay, Omitted in subsequent Editions,] To William Wilberforce, Esq., MP MY DEAR SIR In contemplating, the public characters of the day, no one among them appears to have more nearly adopted in practice the principles which this Essay develops than yourself. In all the most important questions which have come before the senate since you became a legislator, you have no...