GREAT MEN

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 3

GREAT MEN

I IMPRESSIONS BY SIR JOHN FINDLAY. The committee of the Unitarian Free Church were fortunate in being able to inaugurate *a series of popular winter lectures last evening with an address by Sir John Findlay on "Impressions of Groat Men I have Met in England." Tho lecture- was certainly interesting. Speaking of My. Asquith, he said his intellectual grasp was probably without parallel. He was a kind of intellectual acrobat, without a hint of inspiration, and without, also, perspiration. Beneath his steely exterior there was a kindly human heart, though in his contact with the outer world he was aloof. He was a great, strong, and valiant man. Ho was scornful of everything base and moan, and was one of tho best representatives of the Parliamentary traditions of the Old Land. He characterised Mr. Lewis Harcourt as a possible leader. He was not a nine-carat politician, but ai man of true metal. . He was a fine example of uncorrupted British Liberalism. Sir Edward Grey was one of the most charming and able men in England. No man commanded higher respect in the House of Commons. Ho • was one. of the biggest types of public men in Great Britain. The most interesting figure in tho public life of England to-day was Mr Lloyd George. Among the working classes there was genuine devotion to him ; among other classes he was denounced in terms bofitting a criminal. To him the glory and prosperity of England waß a gospel. He was earnest, sincere, and destined to take the leadership when ,the need arose. Winston Churchill had the "most magnificent insolence" of all public men; ho called out splendid periods and lookted round for applause, dismissing veterans in opposition as if they were children. At Ihe close of his lecture Sir John Findlay was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.