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Gladstone Memorial

J. Pittendrigh McGillivray, 1916-17. Renaissance pedestrian monument, consisting of red granite plint with central and subsidiary bronzes. Stepped and shaped base rising to dentilled cornice. Shaped split level plinth to front supports bronze of 2 boys with eagle and laurel wreath standard and inscribed banner. Large flanking consoles with pilasters to side and Doric scroll to rear support seated bronzes representing Eloquentia to left and Historia to right. Circular plan plinth bracketed at 4 corners to support subsidiary plinths. Life size bronze figures representing Fortitude and Measure to front, Militaria and Faith to rear, fronting bronze pilasters with half Ionic capitals. Cornice with bronze egg and dart moulding. Central plinth supports further bronze plinth with primary bronze figurative statue of W. E. Gladstone in Chancellors robes.

source:britishlistedbuildings.co.uk

You could find him (like me today) on Coates Crescent and Shandwick Place.


So here I go with five interesting quotes from William Ewart Gladstone, one of the Britain's greatest Prime Ministers. Gladstone was Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 when he resigned for the last time. He had also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

happiness

"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness."

failure

"Failure is success if we learn from it.”

selfishness

"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. "

greatness

“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.”

future

"You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side."



William Ewart Gladstone 1809 -1898

So just a few inspirational words for Monday.

Hope that you like it.


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