The mirrors of Downing street; some political reflections . heart, so that he mighthave been capable of directing the whole war and hold-ing the politicians in leash to the conclusion of a right-eous peace. But these things he lacked, and the endwas what it was. Character, says Epicharmus, is destiny to Kitchener, let us assert, was faithful to his he was something more than faithful, for he LORD KITCHENER 83 sanctified this loyalty to his own character by a devo-tion to his country which was pure and he can never be styled the son of Cronos andDoub
The mirrors of Downing street; some political reflections . heart, so that he mighthave been capable of directing the whole war and hold-ing the politicians in leash to the conclusion of a right-eous peace. But these things he lacked, and the endwas what it was. Character, says Epicharmus, is destiny to Kitchener, let us assert, was faithful to his he was something more than faithful, for he LORD KITCHENER 83 sanctified this loyalty to his own character by a devo-tion to his country which was pure and he can never be styled the son of Cronos andDouble-dealing. LORD ROBERT CECIL LORD ROBERT CECIL(EDGAR ALGERNON CECIL) Born, 1864. Educ: at Eton and Oxford. Private Secretary to hisfather, the late Marquis of Salisbury, 1886-88; called to the Bar, 1887; for East Marylebone, 1906-10; for Hitchin Division of Herts,1912; Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1915-16; Assistant Secretaryfor Foreign Affairs, 1918; Manager of Blockade, 1916-18. Author ofPrinciples of Commercial Law and Our National © u. & u. LORD ROBERT CECIL CHAPTER VIIILORD ROBERT CECIL Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.—Emerson. If a novelist take for his hero an educated gentlemanwho expresses contempt for the licence and indecenciesof modern life, it is ten to one that the critics, whoconfess themselves on other occasions as sick of prurienttales, will pronounce this hero to be a prig. In likemanner, let a politician evince concern for the moralcharacter of the nation and it is ten to one his colleaguesin the House of Commons and his critics in the Press,and everywhere the very men most in despair of politics,will declare him to be a fanatic. This has been the unfortunate fate of Lord RobertCecil. He is regarded by his countrymen as unpracti-cal. Men speak well of him, and confess willingly thathe is vastly superior in character and intellect to theruck of politicians, but nevertheless wind up their pane-gyrics with the regretfu
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