Great Men

COMMONWEALTH

(British Commonwealth of Nations)

Where does Old England stand as the New Year opens? The question is best answered in terms of her great men. As the year closed a volume,* well spiced yet sound and seasoned, was set on the world's book shelf. Therein that shrewd and keenly discerning British editor emeritus, Alfred G. Gardiner, has sketched the great men of his country, and several others, in a style brilliantly quotable. Quotations:

Stanley Baldivin, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of...

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