MR CHURCHILL’S PLACE IN HISTORY
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, July 21. When Mr Churchill was elected vicepresident of the London Library, Lord Altrincham amused members as he sought in history a figure comparable with “the most illustrious man alive,” both as a man of letters and a man of action. Machiavelli, Richelieu, Thiers, Guizot, Disraeli, and Rosebery were considered and rejected for failing to excel in both fields. Julius Caesar, Lord Altrincham decided. was the only comparable man. Even the conqueror of Gaul and Britain, he continued, wrote only about his own actions. Mr Churchill—though he had dune that, too—could also claim two famous biographies.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25554, 23 July 1948, Page 7
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