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Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher
Not long ago a gentleman enclosed me the manuscript of his book, and asked me for a preface. I had never heard of him. He reminded me of Mark Twain in a similar casethe gentleman in a postscript asked Mr. Twain if he found fish good for the brain; he had been recommended it, he said. Twain replied, Yes! and he suggested his correspondent having whales for breakfast! One gentleman sent me a cheque for two thousand guineas, and asked me to let him have a short article, on any subject. I returned the chequeI had never heard of him either. I have had some most generous offers from publishers. Sir George Reid said to me: Never write an Autobiography. You only know one view of yourselfothers see you all round. But I dont see any harm in such Memories as I now indite! In regard to Sir G. Reids observation, theres one side no one else can see, and thats the inside! Nothing in this Volume in the least approaches the idea of a Biography. Facts illumined by letters, and the life divided into sections, to be filled in with the struggles of the ascent, seems the ideal sort of representation of a mans life. A friend once wrote me the requisites of a biographer. Three qualifications were: ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 68034
Author: Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher
Release Date: May 9, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Publication Date: 1919
Publisher Country: United Kingdom
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