James Montgomery (4 November 1771 – 30 April 1854) was a British editor, hymnwriter and poet. He was particularly associated with humanitarian causes such as the campaigns to abolish slavery and to end the exploitation of child chimney sweeps.
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“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”
—Henry James (1843–1816)
“Yet nightly pitch my moving tent,
A day’s march nearer home.”
—James Montgomery (1771–1854)