Sewers cont. Dave Turrel in his email of February 23 mentioned WSC's review of Seebohm Rowntree's book *Poverty: A Study of Town Life*.
This review was never published at the time, but it was published, in 1969, in Companion Volume II, Part I, pp 105-111, as also in the third Hillsdale volume. Jim Lancaster On 24 February 2011 00:48, Jim Lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > -- 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.
