[The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton J. Hendrick]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II CHAPTER XXI 26/65
Mr.Balfour had a long list of subjects.
Could we help in (1)--( 2)--( 3) ?--Every once in a while he stopped his enumeration of subjects long enough to tell me how the action of the United States had moved him. To Lord Robert I said: "I pray you, give the Black List a decent burial: It's dead now, but through no act of yours.
It insulted every American because you did not see that it was insulting: that's the discouraging fact to me." He thanked me earnestly.
He'll think about that. II These jottings give only a faint impression of the change which the American action wrought in Page.
The strain which he had undergone for twenty-nine months had been intense; it had had the most unfortunate effect upon his health; and the sudden lifting might have produced that reaction for the worse which is not unusual after critical experiences of this kind.
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