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Lord Leverhulme was in many ways a typical middle class Britisher???even in his appearance he looked somewhat like the cartoonist's conception of John Bull. He was almost always out of bed by 6:30 a. m. and in bed by 10:30 p. m. On the occasion of the opening of the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight, Lord Leverhulme attributed his success to his wife's "gracious influence," adding, however, that it would be a poor compliment to her to say that she was a business woman. "She was a womanly woman and her knowledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Lever Bros. | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

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