[The Devil’s Paw by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Devil’s Paw CHAPTER XXII 4/9
"Of course, we always knew that 'Paul Fiske', when he was found, must be a brilliant person, but I don't think that even Julian himself had any suspicion of his oratorical powers." "I don't think he had," she agreed.
"In his first letter he told me that it was just like sitting down at his desk to write, except that all the dull material impedimenta of paper and ink and walls seemed rolled away, and the men to whom he wished his words to travel were there waiting.
Of course, he is wonderful, but Phineas Cross, David Sands and some of the others have shown a positive genius for organisation.
That Council of Socialism, Trades Unionism, and Labour generally, which was formed to bring us premature peace, seems for the first time to have brought all Labour into one party, Labour in its very broadest sense, I mean." "The truth of the matter is," the Bishop pronounced, "that the people have accepted the dictum that whatever form of republicanism is aimed at, there must be government.
A body of men who realise that, however advanced their ideas, can do but little harm.
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