The Mirrors of Downing Street - Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie
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THE RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Born, Manchester, 1863; son of the late Wm. George, Master of the Hope Street Unitarian Schools, Liverpool. Educated in a Welsh Church School and under tutors. By profession a solicitor. President of the Board of Trade, 1905-8; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1908-15; Minister of Munitions, 1915-16; Secretary for War, 1916; Prime Minister, 1916-20. CHAPTER I MR. LLOYD GEORGE _"And wars, like mists that rise against the sun, Made him but greater seem, not greater grow."_ DRYDEN. If you think about it, no one since Napoleon has appeared on the earth who attracts so universal an interest as Mr. Lloyd George. This is a rather startling thought. It is significant, I think, how completely a politician should |
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