 ラッセル関係電子書籍一覧 |
But when we assembled in Trafalgar Square there was a great crowd. Precisely how great it was, it is impossible to say. The median number as reckoned by the press and the police and the Committee made it about 20,000. ... Then began the march up Whitehall preceded by a large banner and managed with great skill by the Committee's marshals.... Finally, over 5,000 people were sitting or lying on the pavements surrounding the Ministry. And there we sat for about two hours till darkness had fallen, ... We learned that the Government had asked the Fire Department to use their hoses upon us. Luckily, the Fire Department refused.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.3 chap. 3
More info.: https://russell-j.com/beginner/AB33-190.HTM