I was editing a London daily paper then. He said he wished he could advise me what line to take about this new and unexpected political development. I said I had taken a line already. He even believes, as so many resolute personalities have done, that he is under some sort of divine protection. This is not religiosity.
Religion is clear-cut.
Thus he is above the general run of politicians. No ordinary Prime Minister would refer back to a past in which he was opposing most of his Parliamentary supporters today. Yet he recalled it without confusion, even with a sort of impish amusement. It is the literary quality in his speeches that set them apart. He is a master of words.