Lloyd George The Man And His Story Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Lloyd George Not everyone, happily, accepts the cynical aphorism "Call no man happy until he is dead"; but "Call no man famous until he has figured in a Punch cartoon" is a statement to which most of us would be prepared to subscribe. During the past eighty-one years all the prominent figures of British political life have been the subject of Mr. Punch's usually genial but always satirical pencil. Most of them enjoyed the joke; the late Lord Goschen once congratulated himself in a public speech on having "attained to the highest ambition which a statesman can reach - namely to have a cartoon in Punch all to himself." The only notable exception was Lord Brougham, who complained that Punch's portraits of him did not do him justice. He received appropriate punishment, for when "Dicky" Doyle designed the famous cover, still in use, he gave the mask which is dragged in the mire in front of Mr. Punch the features of Brougham, and so made him a permanent laughingstock. I do not pretend to know the Prime Minister's private opinion, but, as no one has ever accused him of lacking a sense of humour, I imagine that he rather likes being caricatured, and that it was a proud day for him when his portrait first appeared in Punch. That was on December 12th, 1900, in the little picture reproduced above, which was prompted by his vigorous attacks upon Mr. Joseph Chamberlain in connexion with the South African War. He did not attain the Goschen standard and have a full page all to himself until nearly six years later, when he had already been nearly sixteen years in the House of Commons. The reason for this comparatively late arrival into the centre of the political stage of a man who has since occupied it almost exclusively is perhaps to be found in the circumstances of his birth and upbringing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.