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Which Historical and Contemporary Figures were Churchill’s Inspirations?

Mar

2020

By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

These are just a few of the classical authors Churchill read in his self-education as a young man. They form an adjunct to the more recent and direct inspirations, the figures of more recent centuries.

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Great Contemporaries: William Bourke Cockran, the Great Mentor

Feb

2016

By FRED GLUECKSTEIN

Churchill’s capacious memory was well stocked with phrases he first heard from Bourke Cockran. “The earth is a generous mother” was the best known, but Churchill also recited his most basic beliefs in Cockran’s words.

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