THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
. iHlllfrl ' . ,1 THE TIGER, Clemertceau died as he always lived courageous, resolute, and self-assert-ive to the,last. In a smaller man his concentrated egoism might have seemed Aveakness or vanity. But he was «. built on a large scale, and his sublime j confidence in himself and his own opin’-' ions Avas not the least impressive of his many fine qualities. The man’s most strongly marked characteristics—his “cock-sureness” and his positive inability to accept other people’s standpoints or to adopt their views—made it almost impossible for other politicians to Avork with him, and left him for the greater part of his stormy life “playing a lone hand” in the defeat of governments and the o\ T erthrow of opposing parties. But those very qualities marked him out as the one man able to save France and ’Die cause for Avhich she fought in the darkest days of the Great War.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1929, Page 4
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152THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1929, Page 4
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