There is no better revelation of Churchill’s character, including his sense of humour, than his effervescent autobiography, “My Early Life.”| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
“My Early Life” serves a key political purpose for modern democracies, recovering a vision of nobility and political greatness for young readers. At the same time, this rich text can serve as a point of departure on an even narrower path of human excellence discovered by Socrates, whose students included statesmen and poets in the ancient agora—and a young British cavalry officer in the unlikely setting of Bangalore. The post “My Early Life”: Churchill’s Recovery of Aristocratic V...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College