ABSTRACT
Owen was introduced to a noted author, already known to him through two of his works,—Political Justice and Caleb Williams,—and as the husband of the celebrated Mary Wollstonecraft. In person Godwin was small and insignificant. His capacious forehead, seeming to weigh down the aged head, alone remained to indicate the talent which even his opponents confessed that he had shown, alike in his novels and in his graver works. Godwin's conversation gave Owen the impression of intellect without warmth of heart; it touched on great principles, but was measured and unimpulsive; as great a contrast to Bentham’s as could well be imagined.
