#320 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 2

Churchill lost something in nineteen fifteen that he never regained. At forty years old, youth begins to slip away from most people. But what Winston lost was not merely a matter of looks or energy. It was a spirit. That had once seemed so vital.

And inexhaustible. A lively spark that had served him well from crisis to crisis. But it flickered and went out in nineteen fifteen. And Churchill was never the same. He persevered in politics until his moment in the sun came twenty five years later.

in nineteen forty. But by that time he was a harder Much less exuberant character. He had learned the tough lessons of a long life lived at a high level. That even the best plans go awry.

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