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Lessons of Life. Ernie Bevin is that kind of a man-impatient with the chessboard's strategic subtleties. Life had used him roughly from the first, had given him callouses where other men would have had scars. Born 65 years ago to bitter poverty in Winsford, a Somerset village, Ernie Bevin got an early introduction to strife and independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNO: Great Commoner | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

...Knights inducted, last week, were: General Sir Josceline Heneage Wodehouse, General Sir John Maxwell, Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Keogh, Admiral Sir Henry Bradwordine Jackson, Admiral Baron Wester Wemyss, Admiral Sir Charles Madden, Lt. Col. Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir Eric Geddes,* Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith and Baron Brad bury of Winsford. As a stirring climax to the induction of the Twelve, there was administered to them this Knightly Oath: "You shall honor God above all things ; you shall be steadfast in the faith of Christ. You shall love the King your Sovereign Lord, and him and his right defend to your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Most Noble | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

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