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Title: Lloyd George
The Man and His Story

Author: Frank Dilnot

Release Date: March 13, 2007 [EBook #20805]

Language: English

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LLOYD GEORGE

THE MAN AND HIS STORY

BY

FRANK DILNOT

AUTHOR OF

"THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH"

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

LLOYD GEORGE: THE MAN AND HIS STORY

Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers

Printed in the United States of America

Published March, 1917

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I. THE VILLAGE COBBLER WHO HELPED THE BRITISH EMPIRE
II. HOW LLOYD GEORGE BECAME FAMOUS AT TWENTY-FIVE
III. FIGHTING THE LONE HAND
IV. THE DAREDEVIL STATESMAN
V. THE FIRST GREAT TASK
VI. HOW LLOYD GEORGE BROKE THE HOUSE OF LORDS
VII. AT HOME AND IN DOWNING STREET
VIII. A CHAMPION OF WAR
IX. THE ALLIANCE WITH NORTHCLIFFE
X. AT HIGH PRESSURE
XI. HIS INCONSISTENCIES
XII. HOW HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER
XIII. THE FUTURE OF LLOYD GEORGE

APPENDIX--MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON AMERICA AND THE EUROPEAN WAR

FOREWORD

Mr. Lloyd George gets a grip on those who read about him, but his
personality is far more powerful and fascinating to those who have
known the man himself, known him during the time his genius has been
forcing him to eminence. He does not fill the eye as a sanctified hero
should; he is too vitally human, too affectionate, too bitter, and he
has, moreover, springs of humor which bubble up continually. (You
cannot imagine an archangel with a sense of humor.) But it is this
very mixture in the man that holds the character student. Lloyd George
is quite unpretentious, loves children, will join heartily in the
chorus of a popular song, and yet there is concealed behind these
softer traits a stark and desperate courage which leads him always to
the policy of make or break. He is flamingly sincere, and yet no
subtler statesman ever walked the boards at Westminster. That i