Thank you Mr Lancaster - a fine piece of scholarship. I guess Mr Martin was incorrect in his recollection of the source of this quote.
Michael McRobbie On 3/30/09 4:05 AM, "jimlancaster" <[email protected]> wrote: Michael McRobbie, Churchill & Pitt (the elder, not the younger) The source of the quotation is Colonel Barré, who was appointed Treasurer of the Navy in 1754. Referring to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, he said: "No man," said Colonel Barré "ever entered his closet who did not come out of it a braver man." This comes from R.F. Winch's book Macaulay's Essays on William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, published in 1898. The text comes not from either of Macaulay's two essays on Chatham (January 1834 and October 1944) but from Winch's extensive notes: Pitt had just confidence in himself. "I am sure" he said on one occasion to the Duke of Devonshire, "that I can save the country and that no one else can." If he did not possess to a high degree the skill of a great strategist in detecting the vulnerable parts of his opponents and in mapping out brilliant campaigns, he had at least an eagle eye for discovering talent and resolution among his subordinates, a rare power of restoring the vigour of every branch of administration, and, above all, a capacity unrivalled among statesmen of reviving the confidence and the patriotism of the nation, and of infusing an heroic daring into all who served him. "No man," said Colonel Barré "ever entered his closet who did not come out of it a braver man." Chatham's well-known remark to the Duke of Devonshire is in Macaulay's first essay on Chatham-Macaulay's Works, vol VI, essays II, page 68. Jim Lancaster --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
