No two nations pass through similar course of historical progression, but there is one feature that is said to be common to histories of all nations: it has been observed in all societies that in the event of national crisis, men of learning come forward to play, more or less, a decisive role. Human history is replete with examples of philosophers, thinkers, writers, poets, in one word, the 'intelligentsias', responding in their own unique ways to a crisis of national magnitude. When Victorian England faced its moment of truth, the "Litterateur-fraternity", stoop up though belatedly to help find out a way out of the serious situation.

Keywords: Historical Progression, Litterateur-Fraternity, Violent Class-War, Industrial Revolution.