“ Soon after his release Holyoake came to London and opened a publishing office in Fleet-street for the dissemination of "advanced" literature, his premises being used as a meeting place for politicians and agitators with whom he was in sympathy. He seems to have known and aided all the revolutionaries of note at a time of revolutions. ”

“ Holyoake wrote to him from his sick-room, conveying his congratulations upon this recognition of the claims of labour, and concluding with the opening words of the Nune Dimittis.
Mr. Holyoake was born in Birmingham on April 13, 1817, and was the son of artisan parents, his mother being a women of decided character and exemplary piety. His early education was elementary, but he was of studious disposition, and made use of the opportunities for learning afforded by the Old Mechanics' Institution of his native town. ”

“ Holyoake was a voluminous writer and had edited a number of periodical publications, among the latter being 30 volumes of the Reasoner. His published works include a "History of Co-operation in England," a "Life of Joseph Rayner Stephens, Preacher and Political Orator," "Self-Help One Hundred Years Ago," "The Co-operative Movement of To-Day," "Sixty Years of an Agitator's Life," and "Things Worth Remembering." He married a second time in 1885. ”