THE DIGGER MOVEMENT IN THE DAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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THE DIGGER MOVEMENT
IN THE
DAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
AS REVEALED IN THE WRITINGS OF
GERRARD WINSTANLEY, THE DIGGER
MYSTIC AND RATIONALIST, COMMUNIST AND SOCIAL REFORMER
BY
LEWIS H. BERENS
AUTHOR OF “TOWARDS THE LIGHT” ETC. ETC.
“Was glänzt ist für den Augenblick geboren; Das Echte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.”
Goethe.
LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO. LTD. 1906
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT) TO WHOM THE WORLD OWES MORE THAN IT YET RECOGNISES AND WHOSE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES THE AUTHOR HAS LEARNED TO LOVE AND ADMIRE WHILST WRITING THIS BOOK