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Livesey engaged energetically in local politics, filled many public posts, and was a leader in every kind of philanthropic effort, especially identifying with the teetotal movement. From
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bread than in a gallon of ale"; each of the 20,000 copies distributed was inscribed with the words, "he being dead yet speaketh".
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from his mother, which was aggravated by having to work in a damp cellar in his early years; He also suffered from
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Moral reformer, and protestor against the vices, abuses, and corruptions of the age, volumes 1â3
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In 1844 he established (with the help of his sons) the weekly
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Blocker, Jack S.; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003).
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Dr. Guthrie. Father Mathew. Elihu
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