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... BIOGRAPHY By HESKETH PEARSON , F.R.S.L. ( Read 21 April 1955 ) Malcolm Muggeridge , F.R.S.L. , in the Chair I AM the last person to speak on the subject of biography because I have written the Lives of so many men . No one should ...
... BIOGRAPHY By HESKETH PEARSON , F.R.S.L. ( Read 21 April 1955 ) Malcolm Muggeridge , F.R.S.L. , in the Chair I AM the last person to speak on the subject of biography because I have written the Lives of so many men . No one should ...
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... biography are queer , crotchety , incalculable folk , odd characters , wits , humorists , rebels , men who are too individualistic to reach high office in their professions or to be accepted as ' safe ' by the ruling powers . Why do we ...
... biography are queer , crotchety , incalculable folk , odd characters , wits , humorists , rebels , men who are too individualistic to reach high office in their professions or to be accepted as ' safe ' by the ruling powers . Why do we ...
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... biography . From all accounts Gladstone , whose life was crowded with incident , must have been a most remarkable man ; yet I do not know a duller book than John Morley's Life of him . This is partly due to the dullness of John Morley ...
... biography . From all accounts Gladstone , whose life was crowded with incident , must have been a most remarkable man ; yet I do not know a duller book than John Morley's Life of him . This is partly due to the dullness of John Morley ...
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By RICHARD CHURCH C B E F R S L | 1 |
Katja Reissner Lecture | 18 |
Giff Edmonds Memorial Lecture | 37 |
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