I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question, '1.' After much reflection I put a bracket round it, thus, '(1).' But thereafter I could not think of anything connected with it that was either relevant or true... It was from these slender indications of scholarship that Mr. Welldon [the headmaster] drew the conclusion that I was worthy to pass into Harrow. It is very much to his credit. It showed a man capable of looking beneath the surface of things.


My Early Life (1930)

Winston Churchill Quotes

I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question, '1.' After much reflection I put a bracket round it, thus, '(1).'...

I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question, '1.' After much reflection I put a bracket round it, thus, '(1).'...

I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question, '1.' After much reflection I put a bracket round it, thus, '(1).'...

I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down the number of the question, '1.' After much reflection I put a bracket round it, thus, '(1).'...