This Was a Man (The Clifton Chronicles, #7)

by Jeffrey Archer

Winston Churchill had once told him, “An important speech should take an hour to write for every minute it took to deliver, while at the same time, dear boy, you must leave your audience convinced it was off the cuff.” That was the difference between a mere speaker and an orator, Churchill had suggested.

“His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world, This was a man!”