[Sequoyah101]

My wife and I were just talking about how the mistakes of parents can cause a ripple effect, good or bad, for generations. In the case of Winston, it sounds like he was better off without parents and that we owe Mrs. Everest a considerable debt of gratitude.

Churchill is one of history’s most fascinating and one of my favorite characters.

[Thommas]

As another indicator of his massive intellect, I understand that he memorized for recitation The Lays of Ancient Rome.

This massive poem by Macaulay has embedded that well known fragment:

Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
``To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods,

[oldvirginian]

“how the mistakes of parents can cause a ripple effect, good or bad, for generations.”

Churchill had indifferent parents but a loving nanny. He became the savior of England and freedom.

Hitler had an abusive father and a loving, doting mother. He became the most loathed being in history.