His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.
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Religion is the first thing and the last thing, and until a man has found god and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, he works to no end.Herbert George Wells
History has been kinder to Churchill than many of his contemporaries ever were. Some may be surprised to learn that the following luminary from the field of science-fiction had anything political to say at all 'Winston Churchill, the present would-be British Fuehrer, is a person with a range of ideas limited to the adventures and opportunities of British political life. He has never given evidence of thinking extensively, or of any scientific or literary capacity.... His ideology, picked up in the garrison life of India, on the reefs of South Africa, the maternal home and the conversation of wealthy Conservative households, is a pitiful jumble of incoherent nonsense. A boy scout is better equipped. He has served his purpose and it is high time he retired upon his laurels before we forget the debt we owe him....'
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Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.
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Go away. I'm all right.
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What on earth would a man do with himself if something did not stand in his way.
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