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If men like Benjamin Disraeli helped build the British Empire, then Harold Macmillan helped arrange its ordered and selfless dispersal. The former prime minister stands as a perfect example of how one may triumph over his limitations--in Macmillan’s case his acute shyness and reticence--and achieve victory not merely for himself but for the public benefit. Harold Macmillan: orator, prime minister, statesman. May he rest victorious, happy, and glorious.,
ROBERT M. ROMOFF
West Covina
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