An accessible secondary source is Michael McMenamin and Curt Zoller’s *Becoming Winston Churchill* pp167-68.
By the way, the ref for the primary source is Companion volume II, Part 1 (1901-1907) page 104 (letter from WSC to J. Moore Bayley, datelined 105 Mount Street, 23 December 1901) The footnote on page 103 (Companion volume II, Part 1) describes Moore Bayley as a Conservative politician, ‘an ardent admirer of Lord Randolph’, Birmingham City Councillor, President of Birmingham Central Division Association etc.). Rowntree’s* *book *Poverty, A Study of Town Life *published in 1901 described social conditions in York (not Birmingham) at the turn of the century. Jim Lancaster On 23 February 2011 21:50, Keith Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Dave, > > Keith > 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. > > -- Jim Lancaster [email protected] 00 33 2 33 43 52 48 (France) -- 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.
