LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
From: Rev. S. K. Lamming, Dr. A. I. Amor. 'John Pinches, Sir John Elliot, Michael Lipton, Prudence Hyland, John M. Burley, Leo S. Baron, Lord Stanley of Alderley, George Gardiner, Michael Davie, L. Se/ton, Mrs. S. M. Wyllie, A. Mitchell.
A Man Called Churchill
SIR,-1 must be one of a large' number who are grateful to you for your splendidly phrased tribute to Sir Winston Churchill in the Spectator. In such limits it could hardly be bettered. I would, however, take exception to one brief statement. After speak- ing of the freedom which is ours so largely by Sir Winston's rallying of our deep reserves in that dark- est hour of 1940 you say: 'Of no other man since time began can that be said.' Perhaps we are a little too close to events to make that superlative tribute. I would think that in English history a case could be made Out for possible equal greatness on the part of Alfred the Great. I would think that the Dutch might say the same of William of Orange. One is reminded of that exquisite tribute paid to him in a simple sentence, the last in Motley's The Rise of the Dutch Republic. But even with this provocation one is most grateful to you.
R. LAMMING
Lawns, Allanson Road, Rhos on Sea, North Wales
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