Gladstone’s special activities as a reformer brought him into contact with the conditions of life and feeling among the workmen, (M36) and the closer he came to them, the more did his humane and sympathetic temper draw him towards their politics and the ranks of their party.
Morley discusses Gladstone's engagement with the working class and how it shaped his political views.
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