Dear Joseph, The quote can be found in Gilbert's *In Search of Churchill* (London: Harper Collins, 1994), p. 215. Here is part of it:
"I have a wonderful idea of where I shall be eventually. I have dreams about it…. I can see vast changes coming over a now peaceful world; great upheavals, terrible struggles; wars such as one cannot imagine; and I tell you London will be in danger—London will be attacked and I shall be very prominent in the defence of London…I see further ahead than you do. I see into the future. This country will be subjected somehow, to a tremendous invasion, by what means I do not know, but…I tell you I shall be in command of the defences of London and I shall save London and England from disaster…dreams of the future are blurred but the main objective is clear ." I hope that helps. Best, Judson On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:33 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > I recently heard that Churchill, as a teenager, predicted to a friend that > one day there would be a great catastrophe threatening the British Empire > and endangering London and that he, Churchill, would be the one to save > London. Would like to have the words of this prediction for an adult > Churchill class I am leading Tuesday. Can anyone verify it and flesh it > out? Thanks. > > Joseph L. Hern > Attorney at Law > 156 State Street > Boston, MA 02109-2585 > tel: (617) 248-1919 > cel: (617) 773-1919 > fax: (617) 248-6844 > email: [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
