The Mirrors of Downing Street
Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster
Description:... This is a book of character sketches of some of the leading politicians of the time it was published, 1920. The book that aroused as much comment and bitter discussion both in England and America as anything ever written in the biographical line. Unwritten history in most brilliant vein concerning the public and private careers of eminent British statesmen.The moral of the book is found in the Preface: "I would beg to be guided in their choice of leaders mainly by moral qualities, that is to say qualities of character rather than of intellect, and then to be as loyal to those chosen leaders as they should be severe in their judgment on lesser men whose interest lies in making bad blood between the captain and the rank and file"
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