Thank you all for your prompt response to my question. Sincerely,
Keith Thomas Leonard On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Turrell, David A (Dave) wrote: > This quote appears in a letter from WSC to J. Moore Bayley, December > 23rd 1901. WSC had apparently been much stirred by reading Seebohm > Rowntree's "Poverty: A Study of Town Life" which he subsequently > reviewed. > > "I see little glory in an Empire which can rule the waves and is unable > to flush its sewers". > > Quoted in Volume 3 of the Hillsdale "Churchill Documents", otherwise > known as Volume 1 Companion Volume 3 of the Official Biography. > > Best, > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perpetuo991 > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:11 PM > To: ChurchillChat > Subject: [ChurchillChat] In need of assistance. > > Dear Churchillians, > > I am in need of a reference to a quotation, "there is very little > glory in an Empire that can rule the waves but cannot flush her > sewers." or something to that effect. Any assistance is greatly > appreciated. > > Thank you, > > KTL > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
