It seemed plain that he had at least designated Margaret as his intellectual heir, and he gifted her with many of his favorite books. As the chairman of Grantham’s library committee, Alf was sure to instill in his daughter a great love of reading. All of this was apparently done in an effort to prepare her mind to engage in his favorite pastime: philosophical debate. It was, in fact, a classic book he lent her called A Tale of Two Cities which first got her interested in the finer points of political discussion.
